List of Nashville Sounds managers and owners

Marty Brown, Sounds manager from 2001 to 2002, also played third base for the team from 1988 to 1989.

The Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team has employed 26 managers and 9 general managers since its inception in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1978 season.^[1] Three managers have guided the team to win their league's championship.^[2] George Scherger led the team to win the Southern League Championship in the 1979 season as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.^[3] Johnny Oates managed the team to another Southern League title in 1982 as the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.^[3] In the 2005 season, as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, Frank Kremblas led the team to win the Pacific Coast League Championship.^[4] Ryan Christenson is the team's current manager; he will manage his first Sounds game at the start of the 2017 season.^[5]

During a two-week period in July and August 1988, the Sounds went through five different managers.^[6] The team started the season with Jack Lind, who left due to health problems.^[6] His position was filled on an interim basis by pitching coach Wayne Garland until former manager George Scherger, manager of the 1979 Southern League championship Sounds, was hired.^[6] He retired after one game and was replaced by Jim Hoff, who stayed a few days before taking up a position with the Cincinnati Reds' front office.^[6] Finally, former Texas Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi was hired to lead the Sounds for the rest of the season.^[6]

Three former Sounds players have also managed the Sounds. Seven games into the 1985 season, Leon Roberts, who started the season as a Nashville outfielder, became the acting manager for seven games due to manager Lee Walls coming down with an illness.^[7] Roberts was replaced by Gordon Mackenzie and returned to playing for the Sounds. After later retiring from playing, Roberts was hired to manage the 1986 team. Wayne Garland, who pitched for the Sounds in 1982, managed the team briefly during the 1988 managerial shuffle. Marty Brown managed the Sounds from 2001 to 2002 after having played for Nashville in 1988 and 1989.

Four managers have been selected as their league's Manager of the Year. Stump Merrill (1980) won the Southern League Manager of the Year Award, Rick Renick (1993 and 1996) won the American Association Manager of the Year Award, and Frank Kremblas (2007) and Steve Scarsone (2016) have won the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award.

Trent Jewett won 320 games from 1998 to 2000 and 2003 to 2004, placing him first on the all-time wins list for Sounds managers.^[1] Having managed the team for 624 games over five seasons, he is also the longest-tenured manager in team history.^[1] The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more is Stump Merrill, whose .622 winning percentage is fifth on the all-time wins list for Sounds managers.^[1] Conversely, the lowest winning percentage over a season or more is .437 by manager Mike Guerrero.^[1]

Twelve men have served in the capacity of General Manager for the Sounds. Adam Nuse is team's current General Manager.^[8] Five men have held principal ownership of the team. Larry Schmittou was the majority shareholder from the team's start until he sold his interest to Al Gordon after the 1996 season.^[9][10] Current owners Frank Ward and Masahiro Honzawa purchased Gordon's stake in the team after the 2008 season.^[11]

Table key

#	A running total of the number of Sounds managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
W%	Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed in the regular season
PA	Playoff appearances: number of seasons this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW	Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL	Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PW%	Playoff winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed in the playoffs
	Indicates a former Sounds player

Managers

Trent Jewett, Sounds manager from 1998 to 2000 and 2003 to 2004, won more games (320) than any other Sounds manager.

Don Money, Sounds manager from 2009 to 2011

Steve Scarsone, Sounds manager from 2015 to 2016, was selected as the PCL's Manager of the Year in 2016.

#	Manager	Years	Games	Wins	Losses	W%	PA	PW	PL	PW%	Ref
1	Goggin !Chuck Goggin	1978	141	64	77	.454	—	—	—	—	[12]
2	Scherger1 !George Scherger	1979	144	83	61	.576	1	5	2	.714	[1]
3	Merrill !Stump Merrill [a]	1980–81	286	178	108	.622	2	5	6	.455	[1]
4	Oates !Johnny Oates	1982	144	77	67	.535	1	6	2	.750	[13]
5	Holmquist !Doug Holmquist	1983	146	88	58	.603	1	2	3	.400	[14]
6	Marshall !Jim Marshall	1984	147	74	73	.503	1	1	3	.250	[15]
7	Walls !Lee Walls	1985	7	3	4	.429	—	—	—	—	[7][16]
8	Roberts !Leon Roberts	1985.1 !1985	7	2	5	.286	—	—	—	—	[7][17]
9	Mackenzie !Gordon Mackenzie	1985.2 !1985	127	66	61	.520	—	—	—	—	[7]
9.1 !—	Roberts2 !Leon Roberts	1986	142	68	74	.479	—	—	—	—	[17]
10	Lind !Jack Lind	1987–88	217	102	115	.470	—	—	—	—	[6][18]
11	Garland !Wayne Garland	1988	3	1	2	.333	—	—	—	—	[6][19]
11.1 !—	Scherger2 !George Scherger	1988.1 !1988	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	[6]
12	Hoff !Jim Hoff	1988.2 !1988	22	12	10	.545	—	—	—	—	[6][20]
13	Lucchesi !Frank Lucchesi	1988.3 !1988–89	185	96	89	.519	—	—	—	—	[6][21]
14	Mackanin !Pete Mackanin [b]	1990–92	366	186	180	.508	1	2	3	.400	[22][23]
15	Miley !Dave Miley [b]	1992	68	32	36	.471	—	—	—	—	[23]
16	Renick !Rick Renick [c]	1993–96	575	309	266	.537	2	7	7	.500	[24]
17	Spencer !Tom Spencer	1997	143	74	69	.517	—	—	—	—	[24]
18	Jewett1 !Trent Jewett [d]	1998–2000	339	176	163	.519	—	—	—	—	[25]
19	Hebner !Richie Hebner [d]	2000	85	34	51	.400	—	—	—	—	[25]
20	Brown !Marty Brown	2001–02	284	136	148	.479	—	—	—	—	[25]
20.1 !—	Jewett2 !Trent Jewett	2003–04	285	144	141	.505	1	3	4	.429	[25]
21	Kremblas !Frank Kremblas [e]	2005–08	572	299	273	.523	3	9	8	.529	[26]
22	Money !Don Money	2009–11	432	223	209	.516	—	—	—	—	[27]
23	Guerrero !Mike Guerrero	2012–13	279	122	157	.437	—	—	—	—	[28]
24	Greene !Charlie Greene [f]	2013	9	2	7	.222	—	—	—	—	[1]
25	Sweet !Rick Sweet	2014	144	77	67	.535	—	—	—	—	[29]
26	Scarsone !Steve Scarsone [g]	2015–present	286	149	137	.521	1	2	3	.400	[30]
27	Christenson !Ryan Christenson	from 2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[5]
Totals	26 managers	39 seasons	5,587	2,877	2,710	.515	14	40	38	.513	—

Statistics current through the end of the 2016 season

Managers with multiple tenures

#	Manager	Years	Games	Wins	Losses	W%	PA	PW	PL	PW%	Ref
2	Scherger !George Scherger	1979, 1988	145	83	62	.572	1	5	2	.714	[1][6]
8	Roberts !Leon Roberts	1985, 1986	149	70	79	.470	—	—	—	—	[7][17]
18	Jewett !Trent Jewett	1998–2000, 2003–04	624	320	304	.513	1	3	4	.429	[25]

General Managers

Principal owners

See also

• List of Nashville Sounds coaches

Notes

• ^a Stump Merrill won the Southern League Manager of the Year Award in 1980.^[45]
• ^b Pete Mackanin was dismissed from his managerial duties on June 28, 1992.^[46] He was replaced by Dave Miley who was managing the Reds' Double-A affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts.^[47]
• ^c Rick Renick won the American Association Manager of the Year Award in 1993 and 1996.^[48]
• ^d Trent Jewett became the Pittsburgh Pirates' third base coach on June 6, 2000. Richie Hebner, the Sounds' pitching coach, replaced him as manager.^[49]
• ^e Frank Kremblas won the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 2007.^[50]
• ^f Charlie Greene, the Milwaukee Brewers' Field Coordinator and Catching Instructor, served as an interim manager for nine games in May 2013 while manager Mike Guerrero was on bereavement leave.^[51]
• ^g Steve Scarsone won the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 2016.^[52]

References

General

• "All-Time Sounds Managers" (PDF). 2015 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. Minor League Baseball. 2015. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015. 

Specific