Coaching Staff

BORN: 2/6/86 in Maui, Hawaii

RESIDES: Molokai, Hawaii

SEASON WITH GWINNETT: 6th (2014-16 as player, 2024-26 as manager)

SEASON WITH BRAVES ORGANIZATION: 13th (Since 2014)

MANAGERIAL SEASON: 6th (Since 2021)

BIO:

• Overview: Enters his third season as manager of the Stripers in 2026 ... Is the second former Gwinnett player to manage the club (joining Matt Tuiasosopo), and the first former pitcher.
  2025: Guided the Stripers to a 63-87 record, 16th in the International League ... Earned his 100th career victory with Gwinnett on 6/20 at Charlotte (won 7-3) ... Served as the third base coach on Hall-of-Famer Chipper Jones’ National League staff for the MLB All-Star Futures Game on 7/12 at Truist Park.
• 2024: Named the eighth manager in Gwinnett history on 1/25/24 ... Led the Stripers to a 72-78 record, T-11th in the International League ... His club finished among the league’s top 3 in Fielding Percentage (1st, .984), ERA (2nd, 4.33), and batting (3rd, .263) ... On 8/17, managed his 500th career MiLB game, a 7-5 win over Norfolk.
• 2023: Debuted as a Double-A manager with Mississippi, going 62-75 ... Under his leadership, the M-Braves led the Southern League in lowest ERA (3.94) and finished second in both WHIP (1.36) and BAA (.236).
• 2022: Returned for a second season with Rome and guided the club to a 74-54 mark, third place in the South Atlantic League ... Qualified for the Postseason for the first time in his managerial career ... R-Braves lost their first-round series 2-1 to Bowling Green.
• 2021: Made his managerial debut with High-A Rome, leading the R-Braves to a 56-60 record and a sixth-place finish in the High-A East.
• 2017-20: Began his coaching career as a pitching coach, serving that post with rookie-level Danville (2017-18) and Class-A Rome (2019) ... Was slated to return as Rome’s pitching coach in 2020 (season canceled due to COVID-19).
• Playing Career: Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 22nd round of the 2006 Draft out of Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA) ... Pitched for 11 seasons with 6 different organizations, including the White Sox, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and Braves ... Also spent parts of 2 seasons (2013-14) with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
• MLB Career: Selected in the MLB phase of the 2009 Rule 5 Draft by Seattle from the New York Yankees ... Pitched for both the Mariners (16G) and Kansas City Royals (27G) during his MLB debut season in 2010 ... Became the fourth Maui native to debut in the Majors ... Returned to pitch 6 times for the Royals in 2011.
• On the Move: Was traded just once in his career, from the White Sox to the Yankees on 11/13/08 ... Was packaged with OF Nick Swisher in exchange for INF Wilson Betemit, RHP Jeff Marquez, and RHP Jhonny Nunez.
• With Gwinnett: Over parts of 3 seasons (2014-16), combined to go 10-16 with a 4.33 ERA and 1 save (1-for-4) in 66G (32 starts) with the G-Braves ... In 2015, made history as the first Gwinnett pitcher ever to win 6 consecutive starts (6-0, 3.63 ERA from 7/20-8/15) ... Retired as a professional player with the G-Braves on 8/31/16, retiring both batters faced as part of a combined 2-hit shutout (won 2-0).
• Winter Leagues: Pitched for Honolulu of the Hawaii Winter Baseball League in 2007 (0-0, 8.31 ERA in 8G) ... In 2013-14, pitched for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League (0-0, 0.69 ERA in 14G, 1 start) and Puerto Rico during the Caribbean Series (0-1, 18.00 ERA in 2G) ... Returned to Mayguez in 2014-15 (1-1, 3.80 ERA in 17G) and 2015-16 (5-0, 2.30 ERA in 9G, 8 starts).
• Career Accolades: Carolina League Midseason All-Star (2008) ... Carolina League Postseason All-Star (2008) ... Gwinnett Braves Community Service Award (2015, 2016).
• Personal: He and his wife Leo have two daughters ... Attended Kamehameha High School in Oahu, Hawaii ... Originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 31st round of the 2004 Draft, but did not sign.

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BORN: 6/17/78 in Palos Heights, IL

RESIDES: Birmingham, AL

SEASON WITH GWINNETT: 3rd (Since 2024)

SEASON WITH BRAVES ORGANIZATION: 3rd (Since 2024)

COACHING SEASON: 18th (Since 2009)

BIO:

• Overview: Enters his third season with the Stripers and the Braves organization in 2026 ... It is his fifth season coaching in Triple-A.
• 2025: Oversaw a Stripers offense that slashed .225/.304/.341 ... His lineup included Gwinnett’s first 20-homer hitter since 2021 in Eddys Leonard (20 HR, T-16th in the International League).
• 2024: Joined Gwinnett following 15 years as a coach with the Tampa Bay Rays organization ... Led the Stripers' offense to a .263 batting average, third-best in the 20-team International League ... Club also led the circuit in hits with a Gwinnett single-season record 1,338.
• 2022-23: Served as the assistant hitting coach for the Tampa Bay Rays under manager Kevin Cash, his first career stint as a MLB coach ... Named to the position on 11/18/21 ... The Rays reached the MLB Postseason as an American League Wild Card in each of his 2 seasons with the club.
• 2020-21: Was Tampa Bay’s minor league hitting coordinator, his lone stint as a roving instructor.
• 2010-19: Served as a hitting coach at nearly every level of the Rays system, including the GCL Rays (2010-11), Short-A Hudson Valley (2012-13), Class-A Bowling Green (2014-15), Double-A Montgomery (2016-17), and Triple-A Durham (2018-19) ... Was part of championship clubs twice, including 2012 with Hudson Valley (won the NY-Penn League), and 2018 with Durham (won the International League).
• Arizona Fall League: In 2015, was the hitting coach for the Mesa Solar Sox.
• 2009: Began his coaching career as the infield coach for Tampa Bay’s rookie-level affiliate in Princeton.
• Playing Career: Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a non-drafted free agent out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in June 2000 ... Went on to play 8 seasons between the Rays (2000-04) and Washington Nationals (2005-07) organizations ... Claimed by Washington in the 2004 Rule 5 Draft ... Saw action at every defensive position except catcher during his career ... His best season came in 2005, when he combined to bat .324 (123-for-380, 30 2B, 4 3B, 14 HR, 63 R, 52 RBI, 5 SB, .915 OPS) between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A New Orleans.
• On the Mound: Made 9 relief appearances across the Double-A and Triple-A levels, going 0-0 with an 11.25 ERA (10 ER in 8.0 IP).
• MiLB Accolades: Earned an Appalachian League midseason All-Star nod in his rookie year in 2000.
• Personal: He and his wife, Krista, have two daughters, McNally and Fallon ... Graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a criminal justice degree ... Hit 27 homers in 2 seasons with the UAB Blazers, and at the time of his graduation, was tied for fifth in program history in homers ... Named second-team All-Conference as a junior in 1999.

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• Overview: Enters his third season as the head athletic trainer with Gwinnett and third season in the Atlanta Braves organization in 2025 ... Joined the Stripers after spending 2023 as the athletic trainer for Double-A Mississippi.
• Career: Since starting his career in 1986, he has worked for five different organizations, including the Texas Rangers, Florida/Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Braves ... Has spent time at the Triple-A level with Oklahoma City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and New Orleans prior to joining Gwinnett ... Has twice served as the athletic trainer for the Triple-A All-Star Game.
• In MLB: Has served three stints as an assistant athletic trainer on Major League staffs, with the Rangers (2003), Dodgers (2012-14), and Marlins (2020).
• Personal: Has three children, Ryan (currently the Double-A strength coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks), Joshua, and Emilie ... Earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education with a business minor from Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma).

• Overview: Enters his fourth season as Gwinnett’s strength and conditioning coach and sixth season in the Atlanta Braves organization in 2026.
• Career: Has previously served as the strength and conditioning coach with High-A Rome (2021) and Double-A Mississippi (2022) ... In 2022, earned the Braves’ Bobby Cox Award for Minor League Staff Member of the Year (first time since award was expanded to recognize staff beyond managers).
• Personal: Played collegiate baseball for four years as an outfielder for the University of British Columbia ... Returned to his alma mater to serve as an assistnat coach and strength and conditioning coach before joining the Braves in 2021.