2024 Program_Proof

RIVER TURTLES MANAGEMENT & STAFF

BILL KINNEBERG | RIVER TURTLES MANAGER Bill Kinneberg will captain the River Turtles in 2024 following one season as the manager of the Bristol State Liners in 2023. Regarded as one of the most accomplished head coaches in the history of the University of Utah’s baseball program, Kinneberg amassed 381 wins, two NCAA tournament appearances, one Mountain West tournament championship, and one Pac-12 conference title during his 18-year career (1996, 2005-2021). Kinneberg received the Pac-12 Baseball Coach of the Year award in 2016. He retired from full time coaching following Utah’s 2021 season. Head coaching stints at UTEP (1985) and Wyoming (1986-92) preceded his tenure at Utah. His teams established school records for victories in a season at UTEP in 1985 and Wyoming in 1990, an achievement that earned him WAC Coach of the Year honors. Other milestones in Kinneberg’s extensive coaching career include three seasons on the staff of the USA National Team, including one season as manager of the program in 2010. He coached for two seasons in the Chicago White Sox minor league system. He has held assistant coaching positions at UTEP, Arizona State and the University of Arizona, where he played his final two seasons of college baseball as a pitcher in 1978 and 1979. TED POWER | PITCHING Longtime Major League pitcher and coach Ted Power returns to Pulaski this summer following one season as the pitching coach of the Bristol State Liners. Power served as the bullpen coach for the Cincinnati Reds from 2016-18. He also worked throughout the club’s minor league system as the pitching coach for the Rookie Advanced League Billings Mustangs (2000-01), High-A Dayton Dragons (2002) and Triple-A Louisville Bats (2006-16). Over the course of his 13-year MLB playing career Power pitched for eight different teams, posting a 4.00 ERA over 564 appearances with 701 strikeouts and 70 saves. In his first of two stints with the Reds, he led the National League with 78 appearances in 1984, recorded a career-high 27 saves in 1985 and amassed 204.0 innings over 34 starts in 1987. In 1990, Power helped the Pittsburgh Pirates reach the NL Championship Series, starting game six for the Bucs. He also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians and Seattle Mariners. Power was drafted in the fifth round of the 1976 MLB Draft out of Kansas State.

RIVER TURTLES STAFF

General Manager..................................................................................................................JW Martin Operations.................................................................................................................. Melissa Epperly Food & Beverage Director.....................................................................................................Al Shelor Groundskeepers......................................................................................... Trevor Miles, Gary Martin Clubhouse Manager................................................................................................................Brad Hill Ticketing Manager ...................................................................................................... Becky Williams Food & Beverage Manager............................................................................................Robbie Morris Press Box Manager............................................................................................................Brian Yohe Play-by-Play Announcer................................................................................................... Ryan Wilkes PA Announcer............................................................................................................. Ben Hanneman

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