Already, the 5th-ranked team to recruit outside pitching coach, battery coach, will throw a winning pitcher next year

Oct 20, 2025

Already, the 5th-ranked team to recruit outside pitching coach, battery coach, will throw a winning pitcher next year
Coach Lee Seung-ho (right), who moved to NC from Kiwoom. Sports Chosun DB



The NC Dinos, who ranked fifth with a gust at the end of the regular season, moved quickly. By recruiting pitching coaches and battery coaches from outside, they have started to strengthen the composition of the coaching staff.

NC club recruited pitcher coach Lee Seung-ho and battery coach Kim Sang-hoon on the 20th," the official announcement said.

Coach Lee Seung-ho played as a pitching coach for the Kiwoom Heroes until the 2025 season. Based on extensive field experience, he is regarded as a leader who respects the autonomy and responsibility of players and emphasizes self-directed growth. Coach Kim Sang-hoon was in charge of the KIA Tigers' power analysis in the 2025 season. It emphasizes active communication with players, and is considered a leader with excellent vision and ability to cope with situations through various field experiences such as players, coaches, and power analysis.




Director Lim Sun-nam said, `Coach Lee Seung-ho and Kim Sang-hoon are both leaders who have abundant field experience and can lead the growth direction of the players through their career and leadership days. We expect the addition of the two coaches to help strengthen the competitiveness of the pitching staff and battery parts, as well as to form a team culture based on individual players' autonomy and responsibility."

Already, the 5th-ranked team to recruit outside pitching coach, battery coach, will throw a winning pitcher next year
Kim Sang-hoon, the battery coach who moved from KIA to NC. Sports Chosun DB
Coach Lee Seung-ho and coach Kim Sang-hoon have joined 'CAMP 1' which has been going on at Changwon NC Park since October 19 to guide the players, and specific positions will be confirmed later.

NC overcame the evaluation of its weak power this year and ranked fifth by defeating competitors with a sense of stability in pitching and hitting in the second half. Although it ended in two games, he also showed his fighting spirit by winning against the Samsung Lions, the fourth-place team in the regular season, in the first round of the wild card game. Coach Lee Ho-joon immediately started planning for the next season after being eliminated from the wild card final. Currently, recovery training has begun in Changwon, and special camps will be set up around fielders intensively nurtured in Okinawa, Japan.




When head coach Lee Ho-joon took office as NC coach a year ago, most of them used the existing coaches with little recruitment of outside coaches except for head coach Seo Jae-eung and coach Park Yong-geun. Most of the coaches changed positions in the first and second teams. However, after the first season, he began to move early in the formation of the coaching staff by recruiting new outside coaches, pitchers and battery coaches, which are key parts.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.