Chris Krepline  –  Field Manager

The Green Bay Rockers announced the hiring of Chris Krepline as their Field Manager on November 10th, 2021. Krepline currently serves as the Head Baseball Coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, where he has led the program since 2018. He led the Rockers to the franchise’s first Northwoods League Championship in 2023 after guiding the team to a 45-31 record.

Krepline joined the Rockers after spending the 2021 season as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Mud Puppies, an expansion team that plays predominantly in the Great Plains Division. Krepline also served as an assistant coach for the Green Bay Bullfrogs during the 2013 season and was a pitcher for the team in 2007 during its inaugural season in the Northwoods League.

In 2023 Krepline’s Lawrence program ranked 4th in school history in wins while breaking the team single season home run record with 51 long balls and strikeout record with 303. In the spring of 2022, Krepline oversaw a Lawrence University program that finished the season with the third-highest win total in school history. Prior to being selected to lead the program he also spent time as an assistant coach for the Vikings (2013-2015). In between his two stints at Lawrence, Krepline served as an assistant coach at St. Norbert College where he worked extensively with the pitching staff for four seasons (2015-2018).

Prior to starting his coaching career, Krepline played professional baseball for two years with stints on the Lake County Fielders, Macon Pinetoppers, Saskatchewan Silver Sox and Rockford River Hawks.

Krepline is a 2009 graduate of Carthage College, where earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science while starring on the baseball team. He earned a master’s degree in applied exercise science from Concordia University Chicago in 2015. He is also Strength & Conditioning Certified as a Performance Enhancement Specialist by the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

A native of Reedsville, Wisconsin, Krepline and his wife Bri reside in Appleton with their three children, Boe, Sadie, & Crewe.


Josh Teichroew  –  Pitching Coach

Josh Teichroew is entering his first season with the Rockers. He is currently in his first year serving as head coach and his seventh year at Mount Marty University. Before being named head coach, he oversaw the pitching staff and was the recruiting coordinator at Mount Marty.

Teichroew’s coaching resume includes two prior stints in the Northwoods League, in 2021 and 2023, when he served as pitching coach for the Willmar Stingers. He has also coached summer baseball in the Coastal Plains League for the Macon Bacon in 2020, guiding them to a league championship. In 2018, Teichroew was an assistant coach for the Western Nebraska Pioneers of the summer collegiate baseball Expedition League. Teichroew helped guide the Pioneers to an Expedition League Championship that year.

Josh is a graduate of Mount Marty College and pitched for the Lancers during his playing career. He was named Honorable Mention All-GPAC his junior season while recording 18 pitching appearances in one season (formerly a school record).


Cody Hartman  –  Hitting Coach/3B Coach

Cody Hartman, the hitting coach at Upper Iowa University, returns for a third season in Green Bay as the hitting coach and third base coach for the Rockers after helping guide the team to a 2023 Northwoods League Championship. This will be his fourth summer in the Northwoods League, as he served in the same role alongside Krepline as a coach for the Minnesota Mud Puppies of the Northwoods League in 2021. Prior to his time at Upper Iowa, he spent one season at Williston State College and three years coaching for Vista Ridge High School baseball in Colorado Springs. He is a graduate of Williston State College and is a native of Silverthorne, Colorado.

 


  –  Assistant Coach/1B Coach