Julio Garcia, 42, will be entering his 16th season in professional baseball and third in the Cubs organization. In his two seasons with the Lugnuts, Garcia has piloted Lansing to a 139-140 mark and a pair of appearances in the Midwest League Playoffs, taking Lansing to the Midwest League Championship Series in 2002. Garcia's 139 wins rank second highest in franchise history behind Bob Herold, who captured 140 wins as skipper of the Lugnuts in 1997 and 1998. Previously, Garcia served as a coach or manager at the minor league level with the Devil Rays(1997-2000), Orioles(1995-96) and Pirates(1988-94) organizations. He was named Manager of the Year with Class A Frederick in 1996 and saw brief major league action in 1988 with the Texas Rangers as their bullpen catcher.

Mike Anderson, 36, will return for his third season as pitching coach of the Lugnuts. Under the guidance of Anderson in 2002, the Lugnuts pitching staff posted a franchise best 3.16 team ERA and finished with the second-best staff in the league behind league champion Peoria(2.78 team ERA). Anderson's staff also set new franchise marks in strikeouts in a season(997), most shutouts(10), lowest batting average against(.238) and fewest runs allowed(524). Anderson has been a coach in the Cubs system the previous three seasons after concluding his playing career in South Korea in 1999. He pitched from 1988-97 in the Cincinnati, Cubs, Texas and Los Angeles organizations, briefly seeing major league action with the Reds in 1993.

Mike Micucci, 30, will return for his third season as the Lugnuts' hitting coach. Under Micucci's instruction in 2002, Lugnut hitters combined for a franchise worst .242 team average that placed them 12th of out 14 teams in the Midwest League. Miccuci has been a coach in the Cubs system since ending his playing career in the Cubs organization following the 1999 season. He advanced as high as "AA" West Tenn in 1998 and 1999 after being drafted in the 51st round out of Montclair(NJ) State University in 1994.

For more information on the Lugnuts coaching staff or to request an interview, please contact Seth VanHoven at 517-485-4500, ext. 233.