Zack Pace is entering his first year as the Stompers manager, following a successful career across several levels of independent baseball.
Pace played five seasons for the San Rafael Pacifics and won three Pacific Association Championships with San Rafael, including the 2014 season in which he hit .321.
The outfielder played 349 games for the Pacifics, collecting 336 hits and driving in 148 runs. He also stole 76 bases, drew 285 walks and averaged a .276 batting average over his four years.
In his 11-year career, Pace had a career .268 average, hits 810 in 3019 at-bats. He stole 214 bases and finished with a lifetime on-base percentage of .402.
Zack attended college at Sonoma State and most recently coached at his alma mater under head coach John Goelz in 2007 and from 2014 to 2018.