Rakuten Eagles Announce 2010 Coaching Staff
by Gen on Dec.16, 2009 @ 11:09 am, under NPB
Complete list of Rakuten Eagles coaches for the 2010 season (italics indicate new coaches):
Ichi-gun
| Position | Name | DOB | Salary | Uni |
| Manager | Marty Brown | 1/23/1963 | 60M | 81 |
| Head Coach | Jeff Livesey | 5/24/1966 | 30M | 75 |
| Batting Coach | Hideo Furuya | 8/1/1955 | 20M | 77 |
| Assistant Batting Coach | Osamu Abe | 12/19/1962 | 15M | 76 |
| Pitching Coach | Yoshinori Sato | 9/11/1954 | 20M | 71 |
| Pitching Coach (Bullpen) | Ryoji Moriyama | 7/20/1963 | 15M | 72 |
| Battery Coach | Katsuhiko Yamada | 7/2/1969 | 15M | 70 |
| INF / Base running Coach | Mineo Fukuhara | 9/20/1957 | 15M | 80 |
| OF / Base running Coach | Atsuhiro Motonishi | 5/15/1962 | 15M | 78 |
Ni-gun
| Position | Name | DOB | Salary | Uni |
| Manager | Toru Nimura | 12/26/1961 | 30M | 88 |
| Batting Coach | Luis Lopez | 9/1/1964 | 15M | 79 |
| Batting Coach | Osamu Hoshino | 5/4/1970 | 15M | 86 |
| Battery Coach | Misao Takaura | 9/2/1969 | 15M | 73 |
| INF / Base running Coach | Yasuo Nagaike | 10/5/1973 | 15M | 89 |
| OF / Base running Coach | Koju Hirohashi | 1/11/1957 | 20M | 85 |
| Ikusei Coach (Fielders) | Keizaburo Yoneda | 1/13/1943 | 15M | 74 |
| Ikusei Coach (Pitchers) | Toyohiko Yoshida | 9/4/1966 | 15M | 82 |
| Ikusei Coach (Batting) | Koichi Isobe | 3/12/1974 | 15M | 83 |
Note: Salary figures are taken from Nikkan Sports and are estimates.
January 27th, 2010 on 5:52 am
Congrats to the eagles for getting Luis Lopez to become the hitting coach. He is a tireless worker who was a great hitter. He will help the talented players improve and will become a major influence in the dugout. Bringing Luis back to the field will pay huge dividends to this team.