Jim Stoeckel

Stoeckel coached baseball and football at St. Andrew's High School in Boca Raton, Florida from 1977 to 1979.^[7] He then was an assistant baseball coach and assistant athletic director at Harvard from 1979 to 1981.^[13][14]

He began working for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981 at the team's spring training facility in Florida in 1981. From 1983 to 1987, he was a minor league coach.^[14] He was scheduled to manage the Great Falls Dodgers in 1987 but left the organization to become the head coach of the Davidson Wildcats in June, before the start of the Rookie-league season.^[15] In three years under Stoeckel, Davidson went 67–76–1. He recruited Dutch infielder Robert Eenhoorn, who later played in Major League Baseball.^[16]

Stoeckel returned to the Dodgers in 1990, working as a global scouting coordinator through 1998. He joined the Vero Beach Dodgers coaching staff that July^[17] and was the team's pitching coach in 1999.^[14] He signed Australian pitcher Luke Prokopec to the Dodgers.^[18]

Stoeckel then returned to college coaching. In 2001, he coached the Piedmont Lions, who went 15–25.^[19] He also was a pitching coach for Indian River Community College.^[20]

Stoeckel joined the Cincinnati Reds in late 2006 and was named director of international operations in 2007. His title later changed to coordinator of global scouting^[14] and director of global scouting. He remained with the Reds through 2017.^[21] As a scout, he signed Didi Gregorius,^[22] Jose Barrero,^[23] and Chadwick Tromp.^[24]

Stoeckel managed the Netherlands national team four separate times and also coached the team in international competitions. He first managed the team from 1981 to 1983, winning the 1981 European Championship^[25] and finishing second to Italy in the 1983 championship, losing out on a place in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He briefly returned to lead the team in a 1984 tournament in Taiwan. He returned to managed the Dutch from 1989 to 1991.^[26] He led the Dutch to their first World Port Tournament win in 1989.^[27] However, the Dutch again lost to Italy in the 1989 and 1991 European championships, failing to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[26] He was the bullpen coach for the Netherlands in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.^[14][28] In early 2010, he returned to a managerial role, with the team finishing second in the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament and European Championship, Stoeckel's fourth loss to Italy in the continental tournament. His last tournament with the Netherlands was the 2010 Intercontinental Cup, with another second-place finish.^[26][29]

Stoeckel also coached the France national team at a World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament in 2012.^[30][14]

Stoeckel and his wife reside in Vero Beach, Florida. They have four children and nine grandchildren.^[21] Their son, Jeff, also played baseball at Harvard.^[31] Jeff also coached Paris Université Club in the French domestic baseball league.^[30][32]