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Varsity:
Kevin Stangel (Head Coach)
Coach Stangel has
served as the varsity head coach since in 2003.
Coach Stangel is an attorney with the law firm of Salutz & Salutz
LLP in Manitowoc
having worked in that capacity since 2001.
He is married to his wife Carrie and has two children, Reece and
Lauren.
Art Neilitz (Assistant
Coach)
Coach Neilitz started with the Manitowoc Legion
in 1985 and has served in numerous capacities including his current role
as varsity assistant coach and general manager.
He previously was the assistant varsity coach at
Manitowoc
Lincoln High
School under then head coach Gene Mand and
is currently the head freshman coach at Manitowoc Lincoln.
Chris Krepline (Assistant
Coach)
Coach Krepline is a graduate of
Reedsville
High School and played
with the Manitowoc Legion program for four seasons.
He holds several single season and career records as a pitcher
with the Manitowoc Legion.
Chris has graduated from Carthage College
where he was a member of their pitching staff.
Chris pitched for the Green Bay Bullfrogs and been among the team
leaders in wins, innings pitched and ERA.
Coach Krepline began his Legion coaching as a one year assistant
coach with the JVs and advanced to the Legion Varsity as an assistant
with emphasis on pitching.
Junior Varsity:
Bruce Steinbecker ( Head
Coach )
Coach Steinbecker is a long
time member of the Manitowoc Legion baseball coaching staff.
Coach Steinbecker has been the Varsity Head Baseball Coach at
Manitowoc
Lincoln High
School since 2003 with his 2006 team
qualifying for the state tournament.
Coach Steinbecker is a physical education teacher at Wilson Junior High School.
He is married to his wife Gretchen and has sons, Justin and
Brayden.
Chuck Spackman ( Assistant
coach )
Coach Spackman joined
the coaching staff in 2007 as a junior varsity assistant coach.
Tyler Tanck ( Assistant
coach )
Coach Tanck played four
years of Legion baseball and was selected as a 2007 Fox River Valley
Conference All Star. He returns to the Manitowoc Legion program as an
experienced assistant coach at the JV level.
Coach Tanck is a 2007 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln
High School and is currently attending
the University
of
Minnesota majoring in
mathematics.
Clippers:
Todd Hadler ( Head Coach )
Coach Hadler joined the
American Legion coaching staff in 2000. He
and two other coaches helped guide the Junior Varsity teams to four
consecutive WI State appearances from 2000-2003.
Coach Hadler was the 9th grade
baseball coach for Manitowoc Lincoln
High School from 1999-2003
before being promoted to varsity assistant coach in 2004.
He develops talented hitting
teams and great outfield players. The
Clippers join a very strong Oshkosh/Omro/Winneconne conference and have
a competitive non-conference schedule every year.
We look forward to many years of
dedicated service from Coach Hadler.
Chris Casper ( Assistant
coach )
Coach Casper is an
experienced Manitowoc Legion program assistant coach with the Clippers.
Coach Casper is a 2007 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln
High School and is currently attending
the Carrol College.
Coach Casper
played four years of Legion baseball and was named the varsity Most
Valuable Player in 2007 as well as being selected to the 2007 Fox River
Valley Conference All Star game and received the 2007 Manitowoc Legion
Scholarship.
Colts:
Kyle Neuser ( Head Coach )
Coach Neuser began coaching
with the Legion program in 2007 as an assistant coach with the Clippers.
In 2008 Coach Neuser was promoted to head coach for the Colts.
Coach Neuser is a 2006 graduate
of Manitowoc
Lincoln High
School and is currently attending UW-Stout.
He was a two time all conference selection as a catcher at
Manitowoc Lincoln and was named the 2006 varsity defensive player of the
year for the Legion varsity.
Matt Phipps ( Assistant
coach )
Coach Phipps is now an
experienced Manitowoc Legion program assistant coach with the Colts.
Coach Phipps is a 2006 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln
High School and is
currently attending the UW-Stout where he is a member of the baseball
team. Coach Phipps played
four years of legion baseball and was named the varsity Most Valuable
Player in 2006, was selected to the 2006 Fox River Valley Conference All
Star game and received the 2006 Manitowoc Legion Scholarship.
Roving Coaches:
Jim Fuhs:
In 1976, Jim helped start American Legion
baseball in Manitowoc,
and has served in multiple, overlapping capacities as head coach,
general manager, fund-raiser, and president.
Jim also helped start a YMCA
winter baseball program in the 1960s, and he was the driving force
behind the addition of a Player Development Facility at Municipal
Baseball Field in 2005. He was
the catcher on five state championship teams in the 1950s (one high
school, three American Legion and one semi- pro).
He also played on three
consecutive Legion national regional championship teams, which is still
a national record. Jim was a
scholarship baseball player at the University of Wisconsin,
where he was a co-captain as a freshman and a four-year award winner.
He also is a member of the
American Baseball Coaches Association, the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches
Association, and a lifetime member of the
University
of Wisconsin's
National "W Club ". Jim has
received numerous awards which include: YMCA Leadership Award in 2008,
Bowl of Hygeia Community Service Award in 2008, Distinguished Service
Award from the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association in 2006, YMCA
Layman of the Year in 1979, Lakeshore All Sports Hall of Fame
Appreciation Award in 1982. YMCA Service to Youth Award in 1987, and
Lakeshore All Sports Hall of Fame induction in 2002. Jim celebrates over
50 years of coaching baseball and over 30 years with Manitowoc Legion
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