Milwaukee Brewers Announce 2021 Triple-A Coaching Staff

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The Milwaukee Brewers announced today their 2021 Minor League Baseball coaching staffs, including the Triple-A level, which is expected to be the Nashville Sounds. The Sounds have been invited to be Milwaukee’s top affiliate as part of Major League Baseball’s reorganization of the minor leagues, a process that is expected to be finalized next month.

Rick Sweet will be the manager of the Nashville Sounds for the 2021 season. Sweet is joined by pitching coach Jim Henderson, hitting coach Al LeBoeuf, coach Ned Yost IV, athletic trainer Lanning Tucker and strength and conditioning specialist Andrew Emmick.

Sweet returns to the Sounds seven years after he managed the club for the first time in 2014. He becomes the third person in team history to be appointed manager multiple times. He led the Sounds to a 77-67 record in 2014.

Since 2014, Sweet has served as the manager for Milwaukee’s Triple-A club. He was scheduled to manage the San Antonio Missions in 2020 prior to the Minor League Baseball season being cancelled. During his tenure with the Brewers organization, Sweet has compiled a managerial record of 439-402-1 (.521). In 30 years as a minor league manager, Sweet has amassed 2,031 wins, the 11th-most all-time. Sweet has garnered multiple awards including Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year in 1994, International League Manager of the Year in 2008 and 2009, and Baseball America’s Manager of the Year in 2010.

Henderson returns to Nashville for his first season as pitching coach for the Sounds. The right-hander pitched professionally for 14 seasons, including with Nashville (2011-12, 2014). The Canadian enters his fourth year as a coach in the Brewers organization. He assisted in Milwaukee’s scouting department and was short-season affiliate the Helena Brewers’ bullpen coach in 2018, was the pitching coach for Single-A Wisconsin in 2019 and was scheduled to be the pitching coach for Triple-A San Antonio in 2020 prior the season being cancelled.

Henderson pitched in the big leagues for the Brewers and New York Mets and compiled a 10-11 record with a 3.61 ERA in 155 career games. Henderson also represented Team Canada in the 2011 Pan American Games, where he won a gold medal and represented his country in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and 2017.

LeBoeuf also returns to Nashville for his second stint on the Sounds coaching staff. He will serve as the team’s hitting coach, the same position he held with Nashville in 2012. 2021 is his 12th year in the Brewers organization and 34th as a coach in professional baseball. LeBoeuf’s coaching career began in 1988 and he has previously held many positions within the Brewers organization. He was also slated to be a member of San Antonio’s staff in 2020 prior to the pandemic. LeBoeuf played eight professional seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies organization from 1981-88. He was drafted in the 28th round of the 1981 June Amateur Draft out of Eastern Connecticut State University.

Yost IV begins his 14th year in the Brewers organization, and first as a coach with the Sounds. He played in Milwaukee’s minor league system from 2005-07 and has held various coaching roles since 2008. Yost was also slated to be on San Antonio’s staff in 2020 prior the season being cancelled. He is the son of former Brewers manager Ned Yost.

Tucker begins his first season as the athletic trainer for the Sounds. He joined the Brewers organization prior to the 2020 season and was scheduled to be the athletic trainer for Triple-A affiliate San Antonio. The Texas native worked in the Minnesota Twins organization from 1992-2017.

Emmick returns to Nashville as the team’s strength and conditioning specialist after spending five seasons with the Sounds from 2010-14 during the previous Milwaukee affiliation. The Kentucky native enters his 13th year in the Brewers organization.

The Nashville Sounds play at First Horizon Park. For more information on 2021 Season Ticket Memberships, call (615)690-4487 or e-mail tickets@nashvillesounds.com.

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