Sean Repay is in his first season as the volunteer assistant coach for the Rockets.
Repay spent the 2019 season as the pitching coach at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Ind. He helped coach the Grenadiers to a 37-20 record on the season which saw the program win the River States Conference Regular Season Championship with a 21-6 conference record and finish ranked No. 24 in the country in the NAIA. Repay’s pitching staff boasted a 4.10 team ERA across 454 innings, walking only 185 batters while striking out 356. Opponents hit .245 off the Grenadiers’ pitching staff. Repay coached seven all-conference players during the 2019 campaign, including three of his pitchers who were named RSC First Team All-Conference.
In addition to his spring seasons, Repay spent the last three summers as the head coach of the Bismarck Larks in the Northwoods League, one of the top-rated collegiate summer leagues in the country. During his three seasons at the helm, Repay racked up 100 wins and led the Larks to their first North Division championship and playoff berth during the 2018 season.
Prior to his time at Indiana University Southeast, Repay spent four seasons as the associate head coach/recruiting coordinator at Lakeland University, a Division III school in Plymouth, Wis. Other stops in his coaching career include a season at University of Antelope Valley (NAIA) in California and a season at Dominican College (DII) in New York. In 2014, Repay served as the Field Manager for the Bisbee Blue of the Pecos League. In 2015, he took a job as the Bullpen Coach for the Gary Southshore Railcats of the American Association. In the summer of 2016, Repay served as pitching coach for the Florence Freedom of the Frontier League.
Repay has coached over 80 players during his career that have moved on to professional baseball, including Matt Festa, who made his MLB debut in 2018 with the Seattle Mariners.
Repay resides in Maumee, Ohio with his wife, Hope, and three children Nadia, Maddux, and Raeleigh. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Loras College in 2008, where he played collegiate baseball.
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