Chris Coste was officially named the fourth manager in RedHawks history on April 21, 2021 after serving as the team’s interim manager during the 2020 season. He previously served in the team’s hitting coach and bench coach roles during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Coste, a Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.) graduate, pitched and played third base for the Cobbers from 1993 to 1995. He earned three consecutive All-American awards and still holds the school record for career batting average and ERA. Coste helped the Cobbers win the MIAC championship in 1995 and finish second at the NCAA Midwest Regional ⁠— the 1995 squad is the only Concordia team to win 30 games in a single season. He was inducted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.

He started his professional career in 1995 playing for the Brainerd Bears in the North Central League and the Brandon Grey Owls in the Prairie League. The Fargo native played for the RedHawks from the team’s start in 1996 until 1999. He was named to the Northern League All-Star Team in 1997, 1998, and 1999 and helped lead the RedHawks to the team’s first Northern League title in 1998. Coste had a .322 batting average with 429 hits, 44 home runs and 221 RBIs in 335 games with the RedHawks. His contract was purchased by the Cleveland Indians in 2000, and he spent six seasons in the minor leagues before making his MLB Debut for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2006 against the Milwaukee Brewers. Coste won a World Series championship with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 and became the first player from the Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) to win a World Series ring.