Reel enters his second season as the head coach for his alma mater, Indiana University Southeast. At the age of 25, Reel is one of the youngest head coaches in collegiate baseball.

In the 2009 spring season, Reel led the Grenadiers to an impressive 33-21 mark. This was two wins shy of the school record in just his first season as a collegiate head coach. The baseball program was a league best 13-3 in conference play which landed Reel with Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Honors in his inaugural season.

The 2009 season served as a solid foundation in which to begin a coaching career. The Grenadiers batted an outstanding .329 as a team offensively also swiping 128 bases (out of 148 attempted) which was good for eleventh in the nation. Ryan Jones and Ben Wyatt were in the top10 in the nation in steals per game. Another outstanding statistic accumulated over the 2009 season was offensively the Grenadiers walked more than they struck out, showing patience and discipline at the plate. Also the Grenadiers set school record with winning11 games consecutively. This was the longest winning streak in school history.

The year was topped off by the KIAC naming six Grenadiers to the first team all-conference roster, as well as three on the KIAC All-Conference Second Team. Also 5 out of the 9 spots on the gold glove team were captured by Grenadiers. Reel helped lead a total of 14 Grenadiers to all-conference honors the most of any team in the KIAC by four spots over the last three years Reel has help guide a total of 23 current and former Grenadiers to KIAC all-conference honors.

In the summer of 2008 Reel was hired by the East Cobb Cubs in Marietta, Georgia. During this short stint, before being named IU Southeast head baseball Coach, Reel worked as an assistant coach for the Cubs under manager Darrin Bowers. The Cubs went on to win 50+ games that summer and were among some of the top teams in the nation.

Prior to taking over the Indiana University Southeast baseball program Reel served as an assistant coach for the Grenadiers. Reel served as hitting instructor, catching coach and recruiting coordinator over a two-year span.

In 2008, Reel guided eight different Grenadiers to all-conference honors offensively; led by Ben Wyatt who was an All-Region XII selection with a batting average of .408 and 61 RBIS - one RBI shy of tying the school record.

Also, two of Reel's most productive hitters (Beau Manning and Mark Abell) signed independent professional baseball contracts after graduating from IU Southeast. Beau Manning was selected to the Continental Baseball League (CBL)2009 All-Star game as a second baseball representing the Big Bend Cowboys.

Defensively, Reel guided two Grenadier catchers to all-KIAC honors in 2 of his first 3 seasons while working with them.

Also During his time as an assistant coach for the IU Southeast baseball program, Reel was the head Coach of the Grenadier Summer team in the Derby City League in Louisville, Kentucky. During these two years Reel guided the team to a collegiate division championship. Reel was responsible for managing the team, game day operations and player development.

In 2006, Reel was the starting catcher and team captain for the IU Southeast baseball squad that finished 30-26 overall and as KIAC Runner-Up. On the field, he hit .347 with 37 RBIs and a team-leading 19 doubles en route to earning KIAC first team honors. His 19 doubles are third most all-time in a single season by a Grenadier player as well as the most by a catcher.

For his strong performance in the classroom, he received the KIAC Scholar Athlete Award and was named a NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete. While still competing on the field and completing his eligibility, Reel began serving as recruiting coordinator for the program through an internship opportunity. Also after his playing days came to an end, Reel was inducted into the Indiana University Southeast National Honoree Wall of Fame for his achievements on and off the baseball field.

In the summer of 2006, Reel spent time traveling Europe representing the United States of America playing for Team USA. Prior to his time at IU Southeast, Reel played for two seasons at Cleveland State (Tenn.) Community College under Head Coach Mike Policastro. In the spring of 2005, Reel posted 1.000 fielding percentage behind the plate for the Cougars.

Reel was a three-year starting catcher at South Dearborn High School, earning Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) All-Conference First Team and All-Region Honors. He was also a member of the American Legion Region VII Championship team.

Reel, a graduate of South Dearborn High School, received his bachelor degree in General Studies from IU Southeast in 2007 and currently resides in New Albany, Ind.

Brockman begins his first season as a member of the Grenadier coaching staff. Brockman will serve as the hitting and infield instructor. He has been a professional hitting instructor for 14 years.

Brockman has an extensive coaching background. He served as the hitting instructor for the Double-A Catano Puerto Rican Team. Prior to his time in Puerto Rico, Brockman coached the Cincinnati Flames in a college wood bat league to a 45-3 record and a league championship.

In 2008, he was the hitting coach for the Midwest Sliders of the Frontier League. Brockman also has college coaching experience. He was the hitting and fielding coach at West Virginia Tech from 2007 to 2008. While at West Virginia Tech, Brockman helped lead the team to a single-season school record for wins and a school record win streak of 10 games. His team also had the highest fielding percentage and finished second in hitting in the Mid-South Conference - both were firsts in West Virginia Tech program history. Brockman received the outstanding service award for his work as the hitting and fielding coach.

In 2006 and 2007, Brockman was selected as the third base coach for the Ohio State All-Star Game played at the Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds.

At the end of his playing career, Brockman was invited to play for the USA Baseball Team to represent the United States in Europe along with other former minor league and college players. Brockman played third base and batted .390. The USA team won the European Championship in Prague.

Before joining Team USA, Brockman was invited to Spring Training with the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League. In 2001, Brockman was a member of the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League and the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League. Prior to that, he went to Spring Training with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach, Fla. However, Brockman's professional career was cut short due to complications and reoccurring symptoms from a head injury he suffered against Notre Dame while playing at Oakland University.

At the college level, Brockman began his career at Saint Thomas Aquinas Junior College in Nashville, Tenn. where he played two years under head coach Chuck Anderson. As a sophomore, his batting average was .376 with 12 doubles and 20 home runs. He broke the all-time single- season home run record of 13. Brockman was also named team captain. As a sophomore, he was an All-American and the team MVP. He was named to the All-Conference and All-Region teams. In the summer, Brockman played with the Tennessee Indians where he batted .390 with 25 home runs. He graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas with an Associate's Degree.

Brockman then went to play for Oakland University under head coach Mark Avery. In 2000, Brockman started all 46 games for Oakland. He then missed the last 16 games of the season due to the injury suffered against the Fighting Irish.

Despite the injury, Brockman made the USA Today list for top homerun hitter per game in the nation. He also led the Golden Grizzlies offensive attack in homeruns. He holds the single season school record with 15 homeruns as well as an on-base percentage of .443 and slugging percentage of .673. He had five games where he had two or more home runs against top-rated teams. He was selected for the top-hitter award first-team, All Mid-Continent Conference and All Mid-East Region by Rawlings Baseball. Brockman graduated from Oakland University with a Bachelors of Arts and Science, a General Studies degree and a minor in communications.

In high school, Brockman attended Dixie Heights High School in Erlanger, Ky. He graduated in 1996. While at Dixie Heights, Brockman was named Team MVP, first-team All-District, first-team All-Conference, first-team All-Region and first-team All-State. He played in the East-West All-Star Game. During his senior season, he led the region in hitting with a .540 batting average and a single season school record 14 home runs.

Beau Manning begins his second season as assistant baseball coach for the IU Southeast baseball program.

Before becoming assistant coach, Manning spent his entire collegiate career at IU Southeast from 2005-2008. Manning was a four year starter who posted a .355 career batting average. Manning's tenure was spent playing third base, shortstop, and second base. Manning was named to the KIAC All-Conference team every year of his career at IU Southeast. Manning holds many individual career records at IU Southeast. He ranks first in most games played (211), at bats (699), total hits (248), and runs scored (191) and ranks second in doubles (56) and total bases (365). Manning was team captain for both his junior and senior seasons and was named IU Southeast Male Athlete of the Year in 2008. As a captain in his senior year (2008), the IU Southeast baseball squad finished 32-24 overall as both KIAC regular season champions and tournament champions.

In October 2008, Manning signed a professional baseball contract with the Big Bend Cowboys in the Continental Baseball League (Independent). Manning was the everyday second baseman in his rookie season with the Cowboys. Manning hit .312, landing him top ten in the league in batting average. He also finished third overall in the league with 52 RBIs along with seven homeruns, two of which were grand slams. Due to Manning's effectiveness, he was selected to compete in the CBL All-Star game at the break. In May, Manning will report to spring training with the Florence Freedom in Florence, Ky. for his second season of professional baseball. Manning will help Coach Reel and the Grenadier baseball program until he is due to report to spring training.

Manning was a four year starter at third and second base at Christian Academy of Louisville. As a senior, Manning played for the seventh region in the Louisville All-Star game. Manning, a graduate of Christian Academy of Louisville, received his bachelor's degree in General Studies from IU Southeast in 2008.

Joe Nattermann enters his fourth year as an assistant coach for the Indiana University Southeast baseball program. A year ago, he moved over to the offensive side to coach hitter after serving as a pitching coach the previous two years. Nattermann also works with the infielders and is the recruiting coordinator.

ln his first season as a hitting coach, Nattermann helped13 Grenadiers achieve a season batting average of .300 or better - nine of which hit above .350. He was also instrumental in six Grenadiers earning Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-conference honors offensively including four first-team choices. The first-team selections combined for a .377 season batting average with 206 hits, 53 doubles, 15 home runs, 143 RBIs and a.592 slugging percentage. As a team, the Grenadiers topped opponents in every single offensive category.

In 2008, Coach Nattermann led a pitching staff that dominated the KIAC in ERA, opponent batting average, hits allowed, runs allowed, earned runs allowed, and walks per game. He also had three of the top four pitchers in ERA and innings pitched, three pitchers with under four runs allowed per game, and three of the top five in walks per game. Nattermann also led five of the top seven pitchers in wins, and the KIAC leader in saves, Shane Zoeller. The Grenadiers were also second in the conference in strikeouts, and third in innings pitched. Zoeller, Brad Nickles, and Adam Lipke were first-team all-conference last season, while Kris Eschman and Derek Decker earned second team honors under Nattermann.

Prior to coming to IU Southeast, Nattermann was an assistant coach at Jeffersonville High School, under Al Rabe. He spent a majority of his time coaching outfielders and hitters, spending time with the freshman and JV teams for two years a piece, before finishing up with the varsity for the Red Devils. His time there included a 2004 Indiana State Final Four appearance as the only unranked team, and two Major League Baseball Draft Picks in 2004 (Robbie Grinestaff) and 2006 (PJ Thomas).

Nattermann was also an assistant coach for US Athletics 17 and under national travel team this past summer that traveled to Memphis, TN, Cocoa Beach, FL, and the Perfect Game Showcase in Atlanta, GA, among other tournaments. The team consisted of players from Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky showcasing their talents to college coaches from around the country. He has also in the past has worked camps for Champions Baseball Academy, University of Kentucky, Purdue University, and Jeremy Sheetinger's Capital City Baseball Experience for the children of Frankfort, KY.

During a given year, Nattermann works many college baseball camps and showcases such as the University of Kentucky baseball camps, Purdue baseball camps, Wabash Valley College showcase and the Ohio Valley Sports baseball camp and showcase among others.

Nattermann received his Bachelor's degree from IU Southeast in General Studies in 2004.He is single and currently resides in Jeffersonville, IN.

Stanley is entering his second season as a member of the Indiana University Southeast coaching staff. His duties include coaching the outfielders, recruiting and chief of academic success.

In 2009, Stanley had tremendous success coaching the Grenadier outfield. His six core outfielders combined for a .354 offensive output. Four of Stanley's outfielders were named to the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Conference Team. Two of these received first team honors. Also, two of the three outfielders on the KIAC Gold Glove Team were members of the Grenadier baseball team.

Remarkably out of 54 games, his core outfielders only made a total of eight errors. Also, his outfielders were responsible for 88 of the 128 stolen bases this season. The Grenadiers team total was eleventh best in the nation.

Stanley is the head coach for the Grenadier summer team in the Derby City League. The Derby City League is a wood bat summer league for collegiate players in Louisville, Kentucky. Upon taking the job last year on the IU southeast baseball coaching staff, Stanley was appointed the head coach and is in charge of all aspects of summer operations. This includes game-day duties, player development, and game management.

While coaching the summer team, Stanley led them to the Collegiate Division title and an overall record of 14-8 in his first summer season as the head coach.

Stanley is a native of Aurora, Ind. and attended South Dearborn High School where he played three years for the Knights' baseball team. He was also a member of the American Legion Region VII Championship team.

Stanley pursued his baseball career after high school at Marian College in Indianapolis. He later transferred to the University of Southern Indiana where he received a Bachelor's degree in Journalism/Communications.

Matt Vincent enters his second year as the Grenadiers pitching coach, after a successful professional playing career.

In 2009, Vincent led a young and talented Grenadier staff to runner-up in almost every pitching category in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Vincent's staff combined for a 3.95 conference ERA and were tops in the KIAC with fewest hits and fewest runs allowed. The Grenadiers had three pitchers earn KIAC all-conference honors - two of which were received first team accolades as starting pitchers. This total was tied for best among the teams in the conference. The two first-team honorees combined for 14 wins, eight complete games, 92 strikeouts and an opponent's batting average of .252 in 117 total innings pitched.

He was a local standout at Floyd Central High School, garnering All-Hoosier-Hills Conference honors as a second-teamer in 1994, he then earned a first team all-conference selection to go with his first team all-state award in 1996.

He was a 25th round draft pick of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners that season, but decided to go to John A. Logan Junior College to pursue a college baseball career.

While at Logan, Vincent earned The Great Rivers Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year Award to go with first team all-conference honors in 1997.Following that season, he was drafted again, this time by the New York Yankees in the 29th round.

Following his sophomore season at Logan, Vincent signed to continue his collegiate career at Lindsey Wilson College. He did not disappoint while playing for the Blue Raiders. In his only season with them in 1999, Vincent earned Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, first team All-Conference, made the Mid-South Region first team, and finished the season as a second team All-American. He was also named NAIA National Pitcher of the Week two times, to go along with an NAIA National Pitcher of the Month award.

Following that stellar year, he was drafted and signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 14th round. From 1999-2001, Vincent pitched for the Johnson City Cardinals and the Peoria Chiefs in the Cardinals organization as a relief pitcher.

After his release from the organization in 2001, he threw for the Lincoln Salt Dogs of the Independent Northern League. He was then traded to the Jackson Senators of the now-defunct Central Baseball League (CBL) to become a starting pitcher, where he was named to the CBL All-Star Team in 2002.The following year he was traded to the Elmira Pioneers of the Northeast League, now known as the Can-Am League in 2003.

He signed again with the Senators as a free-agent to hang up his cleats for good in 2004.Vincent's playing career has allowed him to be around some of the greatest coaches and players in the game of baseball, and he now passes on the ideas he has learned to others through his work giving lessons and instructing camps in the Southern Indiana and Greater Louisville area.

Vincent is married to the former Amie Schooler, and resides in New Albany. They are the proud owners of two rescued animal shelter dogs, Chloe and Lucy.