2025 Carolina Mudcats Coaching Staff

Nick Stanley, 37, is back for his second season at the helm of the Mudcats. Stanley, however, is entering his eighth season in the Milwaukee system having previously worked as bench coach of Double-A Biloxi in 2023, hitting coach with High-A Wisconsin from 2021 through 2022, hitting coach with Rookie level Rocky Mountain in 2019 and hitting coach for the Dominican Summer League's DSL Indians/Brewers co-op team in 2018. He was additionally scheduled to manage the AZL Brewers Gold during the COVID-19 pandemic canceled season in 2020. Stanley has also accumulated numerous years of coaching experience in New Zealand at various levels.

Before joining the Brewers, Stanley played two seasons in the Houston Astros system from 2009 through 2010 with the Rookie level Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York-Penn League. The Astros originally selected him in the 25th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. Carolina’s new skipper played collegiately at Florida Southern in 2009, NC State in 2008 and South Florida State College from 2006 through 2007. Stanley is originally from St. Petersburg, Fla. and attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Fla.

Paul Moeller, 35, enters his first season as pitching coach of the Mudcats and his sixth overall season as a coach in the Milwaukee system. He previously worked as a bullpen coach with Double-A Biloxi in 2024 and half of 2023, pitching coach with ACL Brewers in 2022 and 2023 and the DSL Brewers 2 in the same capacity in 2021.

Before joining the Brewers, Moeller Spent the 2019/20 off-season as a volunteer assistant with Santa Clara University at the NCAA DI level. He served as a volunteer assistant coach with San Francisco State in 2019 at the NCAA DII level. Moeller also spent seven years with the Walbeck Baseball Academy as an instructor, director of training, membership manager and sales manager. His playing career, he pitched for three years at the NCAA level, including two with the University of Pacific in the Big West and San Francisco in the California Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Austin Turner, 29, returns for his second season as hitting coach of the Mudcats. Overall, the Ardmore, AL. native is entering his fourth season as a hitting coach in the Brewers system having spent the 2022 and 2023 season with the DSL Brewers 1 and DSL Brewers Gold respectively. Before joining the Brewers, Turner was the hitting coach for the Coastal Plain League’s Wilmington Sharks in 2021 and an assistant coach at John A. Logan College (IL) from 2020-2022 and Alabama A&M from 2018-2020. Turner played collegiately at Alabama A&M (2014-16). Turner attended Ardmore High School in Ardmore, AL.

Ricky Carvajal, 29, enters his first season as the associate coach with the Mudcats. Last year, he was the development coach for the AZL Brewers. In 2023, Carvajal joined the Brewers organization as a player development intern.

He was an assistant baseball coach at Paine College (GA) in 2018-2019. He then moved over to the softball team at Paine and worked as their head coach from 2019 through early 2023. Carvajal played college ball at the College of the Albemarle (NC) and Paine College (GA). He was a two-time HBCU All-American and picked up all-conference accolades twice.

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Alexis Fosmer, ATC, enters her first season as associate athletic trainer with the Mudcats and first overall season in the Milwaukee system. She previously worked with the baseball team at Abilene Christian University. Alexis received her degree from the University of Nebraska.

Jim Buckley, 31, enters his first season as strength and conditioning specialist with the Mudcats. He is a graduate of Castleton University in Vermont. For the past two seasons, Buckley was in the same role with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Before joining the Brewers organization, he was the strength & conditioning coach of the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League in 2022.

Miller McCathren enters his first season as associate strength & conditioning specialist with the Mudcats and first overall season in the Milwaukee system. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he began his academic and athletic journey at Truett McConnell University in Georgia where he played four years of baseball. After completing his undergraduate studies, he continued to expand his knowledge and expertise in sports performance through post-graduate work at the University of Florida. McCathren began his coaching career at Georgia Tech University where he gained valuable experience working with both the baseball and football teams. Most recently, he worked with the Cincinnati Reds organization where he assisted with the rehab department as well as the Arizona Complex League.