Coaching Staff Finalized for Asian Games Baseball Team: Kang In-kwon and Park Kyung-su Join

The coaching staff for the national baseball team, which is aiming for victory at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, has been finalized.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) announced the coaching staff today (the 25th).

Kang In-kwon, Quality Control (QC) coach for the professional baseball team Hanwha Eagles, has been appointed as the bench coach to assist Manager Ryu Ji-hyun.

Bench Coach Kang has previously served as manager of the NC Dinos and also worked as the bench coach at the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) held early this year.

Former Hanwha Manager Choi Won-ho has been appointed as the pitching coach, and former NC Manager Lee Dong-uk as the fielding coach.

Both coaches also served as QC coach and fielding coach, respectively, at the 2026 WBC.

Park Kyung-su, QC and base-running coach for the KT Wiz, will serve as the hitting and QC coach; Choi Tae-won, manager of Kyung Hee University, as the strategy coach; and Choi Ki-moon, head coach of the Ulsan Whales, as the battery coach.

Manager Ryu Ji-hyun and the coaching staff held their first official meeting at the KBO in Dogok-dong, Seoul, on the 24th, where they discussed future schedules related to the tournament and the analysis of key opposing nations' strengths.

The coaching staff and the 24 players will gather at designated accommodations on the 14th of next month, followed by official training and practice games at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul from the 15th to the 17th.

They will then depart for the battleground of Nagoya, Japan, on the 18th to hold on-site adaptation training on the 19th and 20th.

After playing their Group B preliminary matches against Taiwan on the 21st, Hong Kong on the 22nd, and Thailand on the 23rd, they are scheduled to play two Super Round games on the 25th and 26th, a medal match on the 27th, and return home on the 28th.

(Photo provided by the Korea Baseball Organization, Yonhap News)
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