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Utah's Bill Kinneberg Named 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Head Coach
June 22, 2009 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah's Bill Kinneberg has been named 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team head coach as announced today by USA Baseball. "I'm very honored and extremely humbled for the opportunity to put on the uniform and represent USA Baseball again," Kinneberg said. "I would like to thank everyone at USA Baseball for the opportunity, and I look forward to the challenge of putting a great staff and team together to ultimately win the FISU Championships next year." Kinneberg has a long history with USA Baseball, first appearing in the red, white and blue as the pitching coach for the 1999 National Team, which ended the summer at 24-15. He worked for several years as the director of the organization's Athlete Development Program, and most recently was the pitching coach for the 2007 National Team. The 2007 club went 25-12, finishing with a stellar 1.93 team ERA. The 2010 National Team schedule will culminate in the FISU World University Championship in Japan. Team USA is the three-time defending champion of the event, which is held every-other year in different countries across the world. The event was last held in 2008 in the Czech Republic, with the U.S. defeating Japan in the final, 1-0, in 12 innings.
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