The Austrian Baseball Federation announced its coaching staff for the senior baseball national team this week. Robert Buchelt will head the staff as general manager. He will be assisted by Arian Quirantes, Danny Hall and Hiro Sakanashi.
- Buchelt played and coach 11 years for the Vienna Bucks in the Austrian Baseball League, before joining the Stock City Cubs in 2009 as head coach. He has been an assistant coach for the Austrian national team in the past, including at the 2007 European Championship in Barcelona.
- Quirantes was born in Cuba and pitched three years for the Cuban national team. In Austria he played for several teams, winning the championship with the Athletics Attnang-Puchheim in 2008. He has been the head coach for the Schwechat Blue Bats. Since 2012 he is playing and coaching for the Stock City Cubs. He is also involved in the Atlanta Braves Academy in Tenerife.
- Hall was born in California. He is coaching since 2006. Since 2010 he has been a pitcher and the head coach of the Dornbirn Indians. He is also the head coach of the Vorarlberg Pitching Academy and the coach of the Academy in West Austria.
- Sakanashi is the current head coach of the Vienna Wanderers. Born in Japan he came to Austria in 2004, playing and coaching for the Vienna Neustadt Diving Ducks. Since 2007 he has been with the Wanderers, winning championships in 2009 and 2012. He is also the head coach of the Austrian Junior National Team.
Austria is going to host one of the two B-Pool European Championships this summer in Vienna. Only the winner of the tournament will qualify for the 2014 European Championship in the Czech Republic.