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| Coach Kim Ji-yong, Jung Jae-hoon, and Park Jung-bae from the left. It is a trade between the KIA Tigers and the Doosan Bears for the pitching part. Sports Chosun DB |
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KIA Tigers are undergoing a major coaching reorganization.
KIA had a difficult season this year, overshadowing the glory of winning last year's integrated championship. Despite the early main players' line injuries, they continued their challenge for the first place for the second consecutive year with the first-place winning rate in June, but finished eighth in the regular season, finishing at the bottom of 0.364 (20 wins, 1 draw and 35 losses) in the second half. Even if they expected a difficult season due to the injured, the fall baseball elimination was quite a shock.
It will make a big difference to the pitcher and battery part. It was expected to some extent as KIA manager Lee Bum-ho decided to go to the second division of pitching coach Jung Jae-hoon and battery coach Takeshi Nakamura in the second half of the season. Coach Jung Jae-hoon and Coach Takeshi are leaders who shared the honor of winning last year, but they failed to continue their relationship.
Coach Takeshi announced his separation from KIA on his SNS on the 26th, and coach Jung Jae-hoon officially announced his return to the Doosan Bears on the 30th.
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| Battery coach Takeshi Nakamura. Photo courtesy = KIA Tigers |
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| The opening match between NC and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 22nd, coach Cho Jae-young of KIA. Gwangju = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.22/ |
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The pitcher's part was unintentionally traded with Doosan for reinforcement. KIA decided to recruit coaches Park Jung-bae and Kim Ji-yong from Doosan. Coach Park Jung-bae is KIA's third team as a leader after Kiwoom Heroes and Doosan, and coach Kim Ji-yong, who started his leadership career at Doosan, will move to the team for the first time.
Kia also traded coaches with the Lotte Giants. Operation coach Cho Jae-young headed to Lotte and brought in coach Ko Young-min, who was in the same position at Lotte. Coach Ko Young-min began his leadership career at KT Wiz in 2017 and took on a new challenge at KIA through Doosan and Lotte.
KIA will also recruit a new coach from KT. Coach Kim Yeon-hoon, who was in charge of defense guidance for the nurturing and rehabilitation forces at KT, will join KIA. Coach Kim Yeon-hoon was an infielder who graduated from Sungkyunkwan University and joined KIA in the second round of the rookie draft in 2007. He was traded to the SK Wyverns (current SSG Wyverns) in May 2008, and moved to KT in 2016 and retired after 2017. Although he did not stay in KIA for a long time as a player, he returned to his home as a leader.
KIA moved with the goal of completing all coaching changes ahead of the closing camp in Okinawa, Japan, on the 3rd of next month. Kia plans to announce its 2026 coach team, which has completed the sculpture, within this month.
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| An exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th, Lotte coach Ko Young-min on the third base. Gocheok= Reporter wook@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/ |
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| The 2021 KBO League SSG Landers and KT Wiz match was held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 27th. Before the game, SSG coach Kim Won-hyung is greeting KT coach Kim Yeon-hoon. Suwon = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2021.05.27/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
