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March
6 - The Santa Maria Indians named
their 2008 coaching staff over the weekend. Heading
up the Santa Maria Indians coaching staff will
be former professional baseball player Bobby Brown.
Brown played collegiately at the University of
Oklahoma and played 7 seasons of professional
baseball, including a few seasons with the Kansas
City Royals.
Brown's
assistant will be Ryan Ruiz, the current assistant
coach of Central Arizona College. Ruiz played
collegiately for Texas Tech University as well
as professionally for the St. Paul Saints of the
Northern League. Central Arizona opened the 2008
season as the #1 ranked junior college program
in the nation.
Also
coaching for the Indians will be Mark Smith, former
owner of the Paso Reds summer collegiate team.
Last season the Indians played the Reds on Vandenberg
AFB Military Night. Smith resides in Paso Robles
and currently owns a local hitting facility as
well as coaching in the high school ranks.
The
Indians are excited to bring in a local coach
such as Bobby Brown who graduated from San Luis
Obispo High School, played at Cuesta College before
heading to Oklahoma, and most recently coached
three years for Hancock College and Chris Steven's
staff.
Coaching
staff bios under 2008 staff.
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