Joel Bonnett

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Joel Bonnett

Biographical Information[edit]

Joel Bonnett finished his degree in Business Administration and Management from North Park University in 2012 and immediately moved into coaching baseball. He spent the next several years as a college assistant coach with a focus upon pitching. He coached the University of Illinois at Springfield Prairie Stars in 2013. After the season he stayed in Springfield and coach the Springfield Sliders in the summer Prospect League.

Bonnett coached at Southwest Minnesota State University for the next two years while also completing his master's degree in Educational Leadership and Administration. His first two coaching gigs were at Division II schools and his next two jobs were at Division III colleges. Bonnett coached at Hendrix College in 2016-2017 and at Benedictine University in 2017-2021.

Bonnett jumped to the professional coaching ranks in 2022 when the Toronto Blue Jays hired him as a bullpen coach for the Vancouver Canadians. He was then pitching coach of Vancouver in 2023 and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in 2024.

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