LG Fireballer → Keum's Eight Color Team announced his retirement as a pitcher with 50 wins, and a new start as a first-team bullpen coach (official announcement)
Oct 14, 2024
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Kiwoom officially announced on the 14th that it has completed the formation of the coaching staff for the first team and Futures team in the 2025 season.
Head coach Kim Chang-hyun, pitching coach Lee Seung-ho, batting coach Oh Yoon, battery coach Park Do-hyun, operation Park Jung-eum, and running coach Hong Won-ki will lead the team unchanged. First base and outfielder coach Moon Chan-jong will be in charge of defensive coaches from the 2025 season.
Jung Chan-heon, who retired from active duty after this season, will begin his leadership career as a first-team bullpen coach. Coach Kim Joon-wan, who served as a base running coach for the Sangmu Phoenix Baseball Team, will be the first base and outfielder defense coach.
For the Futures team, coach Seol Jong-jin continues to lead the team. Oh Joo-won, the rehabilitation and residual team pitching coach, will exchange positions as the Futures team pitching coach, and Noh Byung-oh, the Futures team pitching coach, will exchange positions as the rehabilitation and residual team pitching coach. Jang Young-seok, who played for Kiwoom and KIA, will join the Futures team as an infield defense coach.
Kwon Do-young, who served as the first-team defensive coach, will be assigned to the scout team from December after serving as coach until November. Until this season, he has decided not to renew his contract with coaches Ma Jung-gil and Chae Jong-guk, who were in charge of the first-team bullpen coach and the Futures team's infield defense coach.
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