List of Nashville Sounds managers

Frank Kremblas (2007) and Steve Scarsone (2016) won the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award.

Playing in the Southern League as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, the Nashville Sounds were managed by Chuck Goggin in their inaugural 1978 season.

[7] Stump Merrill, who had been with New York's Double-A West Haven Yankees the previous two seasons, led Nashville in the first two years of the new partnership.

[16] Outfielder Leon Roberts became the acting manager for the next seven games until being replaced by Gordon Mackenzie,[16][17] who was promoted from the Tigers' Double-A Birmingham Barons.

[20] Jack Lind, previously manager of the Reds' Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, led the team from 1987 through the first three months of the 1988 season.

[24][25] Jim Hoff, Cincinnati's minor league field coordinator, managed the next five games on an interim basis.

[27] Finally, former big league skipper Frank Lucchesi was hired on July 25 to manage the Sounds for the last 39 games of the season.

[33] Rick Renick, who had managed Chicago's Triple-A Vancouver Canadians for two years prior, continued in that role at Nashville from 1993 to 1996.

[36][37] Nashville moved to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 1998 following the disbandment of the American Association after the 1997 season.

[38] As an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates,[39] the Sounds were managed by Trent Jewett, who had spent the last two seasons with their previous Triple-A club, the Calgary Cannons.

Charlie Greene, the Brewers' field coordinator and catching instructor, served as interim manager during that time.

[49] Guerrero returned to finish out the year, after which he won the Mike Coolbaugh Award in recognition for his contributions in developing and mentoring young players in the Brewers organization.

[11] Rick Sweet, a roving catching instructor for Cincinnati and veteran manager of 24 minor league seasons, led the team in 2014.

[53] Steve Scarsone managed the Sounds in 2015 and 2016 after two seasons in the same capacity with the Athletics' former Triple-A club, the Sacramento River Cats.

[46] Scarsone was succeed in 2017 by Ryan Christenson, who had spent the two previous seasons with Oakland's Double-A Midland RockHounds.

[57] Jason Wood, who had been with the Rangers' Triple-A Round Rock Express for the last four seasons, continued in the same role with Nashville.

[61] Rick Sweet, who led the team in the final season of their previous term with Milwaukee, continued to manage the Brewers' Triple-A clubs in the six years between affiliations and returned to lead Nashville in 2021.

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Manager Fran Riordan looks on as Melvin Mercedes slides into third base.
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George Scherger led the Sounds to win Southern League championship in 1979.
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Jack Lind was the first of five managers to lead the team over a five-week period in 1988.
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Steve Scarsone won the PCL Manager of the Year Award in 2016.