Chad Rhoades

Originally from Texas, Rhoades signed with the Boston Red Sox out of Oklahoma Baptist University and reached as high as Double-A Portland. He also made independent ball stops with the Fargo-Morehead Redhawks (American Association), Gary (American), and the Fort Worth Cats (United League Baseball).

Rhoades started his professional coaching career by joining Dennis Pelfrey’s staff with the Gary SouthShore Railcats before both came to Florence in 2016. After one season, Rhoades joined the Miami Marlins minor league system as a pitching coach and a rehabilitation coach to work with pitchers overcoming Tommy John surgery. Rhoades re-joined the Y’alls staff in 2020 for the Battle of the Bourbon Trail and served as pitching coach again in 2021. He took 2022 off from coaching to live in Portugal with his wife while conducting remote pitching classes.