# Cardinals Finalize 2024 Coaching Staff

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-finalize-2024-coaching-staff/
- Published: 2023-12-11T18:36:16-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS FINALIZE 2024 COACHING STAFF;_** **_FORMER PITCHER DEAN KIEKHEFER & “DC” MACLEA TO JOIN MAJOR LEAGUE STAFF_**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., December 11, 2023 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today 
that they have finalized their Major League coaching staff for the upcoming 2024
season, with two new additions announced, along with 10 returning coaches, and **_
[Oliver Marmol](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marmool99.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br),_**
who will be entering his third season as the Redbirds manager.

New additions to the staff for 2024 will be former Cardinals pitcher **_[Dean Kiekhefer](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kiekhde01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**
as Assistant Pitching Coach and **_Daniel “DC” MacLea_** as Major League Coordinator
of Technology & Systems. The Cardinals announced **_[Daniel Descalso](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/descada01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**
as their new Bench Coach late last month.

Returning to the staff in their same roles next season will be **_Dusty Blake_**
as Pitching Coach, **_[Turner Ward](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wardtu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**
as Hitting Coach, **_[Brandon Allen](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allenbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**
as Assistant Hitting Coach, **_Julio Rangel _**as Assistant Pitching Coach/Bullpen,**
_Patrick “Packy” Elkins_** (Game Day Planning Coach), **_[Stubby Clapp](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clappst01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**(
1^(st) Base), **_Ron “Pop” Warner_** (3^(rd) Base), **_[Willie McGee](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgeewi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-11_br)_**(
Coach), **_Jamie Pogue_** (Assistant Coach/Bullpen Coach) and **_Kleininger Teran_**(
Bullpen Catcher).

Kiekhefer, 34, was drafted by the [Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals) in 
2010 out of the University of Louisville and pitched in 26 games for St. Louis in
2016. The lefty reliever also pitched for the Oakland A’s in 2018. He first joined
the Cardinals minor league staff in December of 2019 when he was hired as the Pitching
Coach for State College (A) before the pandemic cancelled the 2020 minor league 
season. Kiekhefer was the Pitching Coach for Palm Beach (A) in 2021, and served 
as Assistant Pitching Coordinator for Player Development in 2022 and 2023.

MacLea has been a member of the [Cardinals](https://www.nyrdcast.com/tag/st-louis-cardinals/)
organization since 2018. He was the Technology Integration Coordinator for Player
Development in 2022 & 2023, and served as a Performance Specialist from 2018 to 
2021.

**— STL —**

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