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Manager/Coach:        Chris Smith
Chris is in his fourth year of coaching with the Braves. Previous coaching experience includes coach at Herndon High School , one year with the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts, three years at DeMatha Catholic High School , two years at St, Vincent Pallotti High School , and one year at Bowie St. University. Chris has been a part of two Braves championship teams (Clark Griffith League - '06 and '07) and a Herndon High School district championship team ('02). Chris resides in Herndon with his wife Amy, and two children.

Assistant Head Coach:  Galvin Morris
Coach Morris has been the head baseball coach at South Lakes High School since 2000. He is very active in the Reston Community having coached football, basketball, and baseball with various age groups.

Pitching Coach:        PJ Mitchell
Mitchell is the Pitching Coach at DePauw University . He recorded 27 career wins while he was a player for the DePauw Tigers and had one of the most distinguished careers in DePauw baseball history. Mitchell also leads the record books for the Panthers for strikeouts (244). Mitchell is originally from Clarendon Hills, Illinois.

Hitting Coach:         Blake Kangas
Kangas is an assistant coach for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and played for the Panthers until his graduation in 2005. His coaching background includes serving as an assistant coach for the Rochester ( Minn. ) A's American Legion team since 2003 and as a Babe Ruth Baseball head coach from 2004 through 2006. Kangas was a two-year letter winner as player at Milwaukee in the 2004 and 2005 seasons after transferring from MATC in Madison . He batted .304 as a senior, hitting two home runs and driving in 14 runs and also pitched for the Panthers. That followed an all-conference career at MATC, where he batted .313 with 10 home runs and 70 runs batted in over two seasons. Kangas is originally from Rochester, Minnesota.

Bench Coach:       Chad Stephens
Stephens is a teacher and the head JV baseball coach at Yorktown High School and was a former player at Yorktown. Stephens has been a coach with the Virginia Baseball Club since 2005.

Athletic Trainers: Lauren Lombardozzi and Laura Brady

Marketing:            TBD

Announcer:           TBD

Voice of the Braves: TBD

 

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