Halama will enter his third season as the Rafters pitching coach in the summer of 2017 and after being named Northwoods League Coach of the Year following the Rafters 2016 Championship Season. Under his guidance the Rafters pitching staff posted a franchise-best 3.41 ERA in 2016, led by All-Star Chris Cooper, who posted the lowest single-season ERA in franchise history (2.03 ERA) and All-Star closer Garrett Schilling who saved a franchise-best 18 games. In his first two season with the Rafters, Halama has coached two seven game winners and four pitchers have been selected to participate in the Northwoods League All-Star Game, an event in which Halama also participated in as pitching coach last summer .