RON "POP" WARNER - MANAGER

Ron "Pop" Warner returns to Memphis for his second season as the Redbirds manager in 2013 after guiding the club to a 57-87 record last season.

The 44-year-old Warner - who is fifth different manager in the Redbirds' 16-year franchise history - served as St. Louis' Double-A skipper for the Springfield Cardinals for each of the previous five seasons before arriving in the Bluff City.

Warner finished with a 695-358 record in Springfield and is the winningest manager in Springfield Cardinals history. The club qualified for the Texas League playoffs in three of those five seasons at the helm.

Warner has spent every year since 2000 in the Cardinals organization and enters his 10th as a field manager, 13th as a coach. His overall professional managerial record stands at 586-591 record (.498) with Rookie-level Johnson City (2003), Advanced-A Palm Beach (2005-06), Double-A Springfield (2007-11), and Triple-A Memphis (2012).

He was voted the 2005 George Kissell award winner by the Cardinals' organization after guiding his Palm Beach squad to their first Florida State League playoff appearance and Championship in his first season coaching in the FSL.

He made his transition to coaching when he served as the St. Louis Cardinals' batting practice pitcher in 2000, followed by coaching positions with Double-A New Haven in 2001, Low-A New Jersey in 2002, and Single-A Quad Cities in 2004.

Warner was originally drafted by the Cardinals in the 17th round of the 1991 draft as a shortstop out of the University of Wyoming. Prior to entering the managerial ranks, he spent nine years playing in the Cardinals farm system. He played for the Redbirds at Tim McCarver Stadium from 1998-99 and was recognized as the first Redbirds player selected as a Pacific Coast League All-Star in the franchise's inaugural year of 1998.

Warner resides in St. Charles, Mo. with wife Laura, and their three children, sons Colin and Benjamin, and daughter Callie.

BRYAN EVERSGERD - PITCHING COACH

Bryan Eversgerd joins the Redbirds as their new pitching coach for the 2013 season after spending four of the previous five seasons in the same capacity for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. He begins his 11th overall as pitching coach in the Cardinals organization.

Eversgerd's inaugural coaching season was in 2001 as pitching coach for the Cardinals' Advanced-A Potomac affiliate. After being out of baseball for two years, he resumed as pitching coach for the Midwest League Low-A affiliate in Peoria (2004) and Quad Cities (2005-07) prior to joining Springfield's staff.

Eversgerd coached four seasons over two stints with Springfield (2008-09, '11-12) that culminated with a Texas League championship in his final season. He spent the 2010 campaign with Advanced-A Palm Beach in the Florida State League.

After attending Kaskaskia Community College (Ill.), the left-hander was originally signed by St. Louis as a non-drafted free agent during a June tryout camp at Busch Stadium in 1989 and enjoyed a 12-year professional pitching career.

He pitched a scoreless inning of relief in his Major League debut for St. Louis on April 30, 1994 and picked up his first big league win in his only major league start on May 20, 1994 at Florida.

Eversgerd pitched three seasons with the Redbirds during 1998-2000 seasons (12-15, 3.27 ERA, 148 SO) and ranks 3rd in Redbirds' history with 156 relief appearances.

He led the Redbirds in games in the 1998 and 1999 season, including finishing 2nd in the circuit in games (59) and baserunners, per nine innings (10.09) in 1999. The next season Eversgerd was also a member of the PCL champion Redbirds in 2000, where he pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings for two playoff victories.

The 44-year-old graduated from Carlyle (Ill.) High School where he was named team MVP and All-Conference as a senior in 1987. He resides in Hoffman, Ill. with wife Lisa, and their two children, daughter Kristen and son Jacob.

MARK BUDASKA - HITTING COACH

Mark Budaska begins his sixth season as the Redbirds hitting coach after six years working in the Boston Red Sox system. Budaska spent the 2004-2007 seasons with Triple-A Pawtucket.

Prior to his time with the PawSox, Budaska spent two years with Double-A Portland. In 2001, the Pennsylvania native enjoyed his most success as a coach, winning the Texas League Championship with the Anaheim Angels' Double-A affiliate Arkansas Travelers. That year his hitters finished fourth in the league with a .266 team batting average. Budaska served as hitting coach and first base coach for a major league team in Taiwan from 1998-2000.

The former switch-hitting outfielder played for 10 years in the Oakland Athletics organization, including two stints with the big league club in 1978 and 1981. Budaska, who now resides in Hawaii, appeared in 13 games with the A's collecting six hits in the 36 at-bats with three doubles and two RBI.

He began his professional playing career in 1973 with Lewiston in the Northwest League after signing as an amateur free agent and made his major league debut ON June 6, 1979.

JEREMY CLIPPERTON - ATHLETIC TRAINER

Clipperton, 35, enters his second season with the Cardinals organization after spending 10 years in the Mariners organization, including two with Triple-A Tacoma.

He graduated from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO in 1999 and started his career as the trainer for the AZL Mariners in 2000. He followed that with one year with the the Northwest League Spokane Indians in the Royals Organization before rejoining the Mariners with Single-A Wisconsin from 2002-2006.

He began his two-year stint at the Double-A level in West Tennessee in 2007 and moved to the High Desert Mavericks in 2009. The Iowa native is is a two-time award recipient, recognized by the Midwest League in 2006 and again in 2008 as the Minor League Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Professional Athletic Trainers Society, the highest Minor League award as the top athletic trainer in all of the Minor Leagues.

Jeremy and his wife Jessica resides in Peoria, AZ.

SEAN JOHNSON - STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

Johnson is enjoying his fifth season with the Redbirds. He began in Memphis as a strength and conditioning intern in 2009 before moving into his current role as full-time coach.

A member of the NSCA and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS), the Senatobia, Miss. native received his B.A. in kinesiology in 2009 and master's degree in exercise physiology in 2010 from Mississippi State University.