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Quade Returns to Manage Wings in 2016

December 4, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Rochester Red Wings News Release


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The Minnesota Twins announced December 1 that Mike Quade would return to manage the Rochester Red Wings for the second straight season in 2016. Quade led the Wings to a 77-67 in his first year, second in the International League North. Of the previous 11 managers since 1989, only Stan Cliburn in 2006 had more wins (79) in his first year as manager of the Red Wings than Quade.

Quade will have a mostly new staff next season with only Athletic Trainer Larry Bennese returning from last year. Stu Cliburn (pitching), Chad Allen (hitting) and Dax Fiore (strength and conditioning) join the coaching staff for 2016.

Cliburn served as Red Wings pitching coach from 2006-08 under his twin brother, Stan. In Stu's first season with Rochester in 2006, the Red Wings finished second in the IL with a 3.31 team ERA and advanced to the Governors' Cup Finals. Rochester had the third-lowest team ERA the following season at 3.64. Stu served as Minnesota's Double-A pitching coach in New Britain (2009-2014, 1999-2005) and Chattanooga (2015). Next season will be his 25th year in the Twins organization.

Allen was originally drafted in the fourth round by Minnesota in 1996 but played eight games for Rochester in 2002 as an Orioles farmhand, the year before the Red Wings became the Twins Triple-A affiliate. He spent the previous three years as the Twins Double-A hitting coach at New Britain (2013-14) and Chattanooga (2015). Allen played in 267 Major League games with Minnesota, Cleveland, Florida and Texas over seven seasons, mostly with the Twins from 1999-2001.

Bennese will return as Rochester's Athletic Trainer for the fourth straight season and 21st overall with the Twins. He was honored as the IL's Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2014, an award he's won seven times in his career. Bennese began his career in the Mets organization from 1989-1995 before joining the Twins organization. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine from Penn State University in 1988.

Fiore begins his fifth season in the Twins organization and in the fifth different city. He has been the strength and conditioning coach with the GCL Twins (2012), Ft. Myers (2013), New Britain (2014) and Chattanooga (2015). Fiore received his Master of Science degree in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Message Therapy and Yoga from West Virginia University in 2005.





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