(Spearfish, SD) May 7th, 2021 – The Spearfish Sasquatch of the Expedition League today announced Jarrod Molnaa as the new Head Coach for the 2021 season. 

“I received a call from our former Head Coach, DJ Engle, on Monday, April 26th, explaining he had accepted a position within the Minnesota Twins organization as their Dominican Summer League Pitching Coach. My initial thoughts were celebrating this awesome achievement for DJ and then after our call I immediately started a nationwide search to find us a new Head Coach since we were only 29 days away from opening night.” Eric Schmidt – Sasquatch Owner/GM

A native of Kennewick, Washington, Molnaa graduated from Kennewick High School in 2013. He then went on and played collegiately with stops at Walla Walla Community College, Bellevue University, and Montana State University Billings where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 2019. While pitching for the ‘Jackets in the Spring of '19, he helped the team capture its fourth GNAC regular-season title, first-ever GNAC Championships title and an NCAA regional playoff berth. 

Jarrod immediately got into coaching following his decorated college career. This started with a stint as the pitching coach of the Kelowna Falcons, of the West Coast League, along with accepting a position as the head-assistant coach at Walla Walla Community College where he was responsible for the pitching staff and served as their recruiting coordinator. Jarrod is now the assistant coach at Montana State University – Billings where he assists in several departments of the baseball program, along with assisting in the program’s recruiting efforts.

“It was definitely a quick process for us, but we were fortunate to have dozens of applicants. Jarrod stood out as someone who we felt was the perfect fit to step into this role and this specific situation. I’m excited to get him started, introduce him to the players and assistant coaches on our squad, and watch the team do great things on and off the field this summer.” Eric Schmidt – Sasquatch Owner/GM

The Sasquatch and the Expedition League begin their 2021 campaign on May 25th. For information on the Expedition League visit www.expeditionleague.com and for more information on the Sasquatch or to purchase tickets visit www.spearfishsasquatch.com