LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. – The Lexington County Blowfish announced Wednesday the promotion of Michael Menhart to head coach for the 2025 season.

Menhart spent the 2024 campaign as an assistant coach with the club.

“I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to lead the Blowfish for the upcoming season,” Menhart said. “It’s even more special to do so with it being the team’s 20th anniversary. I have to extend a big ‘thank you’ to the owners, Bill and Vicki Shanahan, for trusting me with this role. I’m excited to work with an outstanding group of talented players from colleges and universities across the country.”

Menhart was on previous head coach KC Brown’s staff with the Blowfish in 2024, helping the team to its second consecutive appearance in the Coastal Plain League Petitt Cup Championship Series.

Menhart was promoted after Brown stepped away from the organization to focus on his full-time position as an assistant coach at Georgia College and State University.

“What Blowfish Nation is getting in Michael is a young coach who is wise beyond his years,” Brown stated. “His baseball acumen and savvy is as high as anyone I’ve seen for someone his age, and the game never speeds up on him.”

Menhart recently was hired as an assistant coach at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia.

The Blowfish will open the 2025 season Thursday, May 29 in a road game against the Florence Flamingos. The first home game of the 2025 slate is scheduled for Friday, May 30 against the Macon Bacon.

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