The Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation (RFEBS) announced on Tuesday the signing of Mauro Mazzotti as new manager of the Spanish national team. The current manager of the Italian Baseball League club Telemarket Rimini signed for two years. His first big tournament at the helm is going to be the 38th IBAF Baseball World Cup in September. Spain is playing in Pool B at home in Barcelona against Cuba, Puerto Rico and South Africa in the preliminary round.
Mazzotti was born on September 12, 1959 in Cesena, Italy and is the only coach in Italian history to win four championships with three different clubs (Rimini 1999, Bologna 2003/2005, Grosseto 2007). He was introduced as new manager of Rimini a few weeks ago and celebrated a successful season opening weekend with three victories against Grosseto. Between 1994 and 2006 he coordinated the scouting activities of the Seattle Mariners in Europe and works in the same position with the Houston Astros since 2007.
The RFEBS also announced that Miguel Erroz, Candelario Diaz and Felix Cano will serve as assistant coaches for Mazzotti, with two more coaches being named to the staff later.