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portland sea dogs . DOUBLE-A AFFILIATE OF THE BOSTON RED SOX

CHAD EPPERSON

MANAGER Chad returns for his second season as Portland’s manager. In 2022, he led the Sea Dogs to an overall record of 75-63 (.543) including a Double-A best 45-24 (.652) record in the second half leading the Sea Dogs to their first post-season berth since 2014. Before managing the Sea Dogs, Epperson spent 12 seasons as the Red Sox Catching Coordinator. Prior to that he spent his first eight seasons with the Red Sox as a manager or coach at the minor league level. A manager from 2004-09, he led his club to the playoffs in four straight campaigns beginning in 2006, including Single-A Salem in 2009. A back-to-back California League Manager of the Year with Lancaster from 2007-08, he also managed Wilmington to the playoffs in 2006. The Kentucky native managed Capital City in 2005 and Augusta in 2004 after spending two seasons (2002-03) as Sarasota’s hitting coach. He also managed Cook County of the independent Frontier League in 2001. Epperson played nine years in the minor leagues in the Mets (1992-95), Red Sox (1997-99), and Orioles (2000) systems prior to his coaching career.

SEAN ISAAC

PITCHING COACH Sean enters his first season as a coach in the Red Sox organization. In 2022 he was the assistant pitching coach for the Nashville Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Previously Isaac served as the Director of Player Development at UC-Santa Barbara. He spent three seasons (2016-2018) as a minor league pitcher in the Angels organization reaching the Triple-A level in 2017 and 2018. In 78 career games he notched a 9-4 record with a 4.34 ERA. On May 2, 2018, he pitched the final inning of a combined no-hitter for Inland Empire.

DOUG CLARK

HITTING COACH Doug returns for his second season as the Sea Dogs Hitting Coach. Prior to joining the Sea Dogs, he spent seven seasons as a Hitting Coach in the San Francisco Giants farm system, including 2021 with the Richmond Flying Squirrels. In 2019, Clark was the Hitting Coach at Salem-Keizer (Single-A) where they led the Northwest League in batting average, runs scored, hits, doubles, home runs, and RBI. He also served as the Hitting Coach for the AZL Giants from 2017-2018. The former Giants farmhand was drafted in the seventh round of the 1998 draft by San Francisco. He played two seasons in the Majors with the Giants (2005) and A’s (2006). Prior to 2008, Clark signed with the KBO’s Hanwha Eagles and was an All-Star. After leaving Korea, he signed with the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League in 2011. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, initially attending on a football scholarship as a wide receiver but walked on to the baseball team and played three seasons.

MICKEY JIANG

COACH The 2023 season will be Mickey’s 17th with the Red Sox where he has held several different roles, including work as a consultant with International Scouting (2007-2012). He has been coaching in the Red Sox minor league system since 2009. He previously served as a coach in Portland from 2016-2017. He served as a coach with Single-A Greenville in 2022 and with Fort Myers in 2012 and 2018-2021. A native of Taiwan, Jiang received his B.A. in International Trade from Tung-Hai University.