Joel McKeithan
American baseball coach (born 1991)
Joel Michael McKeithan (born August 15, 1991) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the assistant hitting coach for the Chicago White Sox and was the former primary hitting coach for Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball. He is married to Rachel McKeithan, formally Rachel Rolband.
Career
McKeithan graduated from T. C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina. He enrolled at Vanderbilt University and played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. In the summer of 2013, he played for the Newport Gulls in the New England Collegiate Baseball League and was named an all-star. He transferred to North Carolina State University and finished his college baseball career with the NC State Wolfpack.
In 2019, McKeithan served as a minor league hitting coach for the Williamsport Crosscutters, a farm team in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He was the minor league hitting coordinator for the Detroit Tigers for the 2021 season.
After the 2021 season, the Cincinnati Reds hired McKeithan to their major league coaching staff as their assistant hitting coach.
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