JONESBORO, Ark. (10/4/16) – Arkansas State head baseball coach Tommy Raffo announced Tuesday the addition of Brian Solemsaas as a volunteer assistant coach to the Red Wolves’ coaching staff for the upcoming season.
A native of Bismarck, N.D., Solemsaas (pronounced SOLE-em-SAAS) comes to A-State after spending the 2016 season at John A. Logan College, a two-year school in Carterville, Ill., where he was the pitching/bullpen coach. Most recently he was an assistant coach with the Battle Creek (Mich.) Bombers of the Northwoods League, a summer, wood-bat league with teams based in Michigan, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Ontario, Canada.