It didn’t take Helena long to find its new baseball coach.
Just days after P.J. Guy announced his move to Oak Mountain
, the Huskies announced they have hired former Major League player Mitch Moreland as their next head coach.
Moreland lives in Helena with his wife Susan and the couple’s three children.
A native of Mississippi, Moreland played college baseball at Mississippi State. As a junior, he hit .343 with 10 home runs and also went 2-0 as a pitcher.
The Texas Rangers selected him in the 17th round of the 2007 MLB Draft.
He made his MLB debut for the Rangers on July 29, 2010.
His 12-year career also included stops with the Red Sox – where he won a World Series in 2018, the Padres and the Athletics. Moreland was a career .251 hitter with 186 home runs and 618 RBIs.
He won a Gold Glove in 2016 and made the All-Star team in 2018.
Moreland takes over a Helena program that won the 6A championship in 2017 and finished as runner-up in both 2015 and 2018.
Helena will have a player meeting at 9:30 a.m. July 18.
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