Newport Gulls 2021 Media Guide

Newport Gulls Coaching Staff Kevin Winterrowd (Manager) Kevin Winterrowd returns to the Newport Gulls as the team’s manager for the second season in a row, and fourth in total after working as the pitching coach in 2017 and 2018.

This is Winterrowd’s second stint with the Gulls, helping guide Newport to an Eastern Division Regular Season Title that saw the team end their campaign on an eight-game winning streak in 2010.

A native of Yukon, OK, Winterrowd has a storied career in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

He has led the North Adams Steeple Cats and Keene Swamp Bats dating back to 2002. In 2013, Winterrowd’s Swamp Bats took home the franchise’s fourth Fay Vincent Senior Cup, and he was named the league’s Manager of the Year.

“Newport’s atmosphere is unrivaled. These past few years have been a blast and I’m honored to be a part of it. It starts with leadership. This organization has been run well since the beginning and that is the culture I instill in our players” said Winterrowd about returning to Newport.

Winterrowd enjoys guiding amateur ball players to reach their full potential and has been successful doing so. Well over 100 former players have went on to be drafted and play professionally. This talent was exemplified as he was responsible for evaluating and selecting players for the 17U National Development Program and National Identification Series at the USA Baseball Facility in Cary, NC. “A title is what we are after. I want to develop these young men and leave them better ballplayers when they go back to school but we are going to be competitive day in and day out. Not playing last summer fueled the fire and I’m ready to go”, continued Winterrowd.

Gulls General Manager Chuck Paiva shares in Winterrowd’s excitement, stating “Kevin is the right man for Newport. He knows the league. He knows our organization. He knows how to win. This is a great man that my partners and I are proud to have represent the Gulls”.

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