Cubs Announce 2026 Minor League Coaching Staffs
As usual, this one will get the media release treatment…
The Chicago Cubs today announced their minor league managers and coaching staffs for the 2026 season. A detailed list of each club’s managers and coaching staffs are included on the following page. The Cubs minor league clubs include Triple-A Iowa, Double-A Knoxville, High-A South Bend, Single-A Myrtle Beach, the Arizona Complex League Mesa Cubs and the Dominican Summer League Cubs.
Marty Pevey returns as manager of the Iowa Cubs for the 14th consecutive season, extending his franchise-record tenure while his 822 victories are also a franchise mark. Entering his 18th season in the organization, he has over 30 years of professional experience, beginning with 13 seasons as a player. All told, Pevey owns a 1,466-1,511 minor league managerial record and his 1,466 victories are fifth-most among active minor league skippers through 2025. The I-Cubs last year went 74-75 in the International League West Division.
Lance Rymel enters his third season as manager of the Knoxville (previously Tennessee) Smokies following two seasons at the helm in South Bend. He guided the 2025 Smokies to a 69-67 record. This will be his 11th season as a coach or manager in the Cubs organization, where he also managed Single-A Eugene in 2019 and the Cubs Dominican Summer League squad in 2017-18. He began his coaching career in 2016 following a three-year minor league playing career as a catcher in the Cubs organization from 2012-14. Rymel was selected by the Cubs in the 28th round of the 2012 draft out of Rogers State in Claremore, Okla.
Daniel Wasinger enters his first season as manager of the South Bend Cubs, after serving as South Bend’s Bench Coach in 2025. He began his coaching career in 2024, joining the Cubs organization as a Development Coach with the Myrtle Beach. He played two seasons in the Diamondbacks system (2018-19) before spending time in the Independent and Mexican Leagues from 2021-23. Wasinger was selected by Arizona in the 31st round of the 2018 draft out of Southeastern Louisiana University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in general studies.
Yovanny Cuevas enters his second season as manager for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, following three years coaching within the Cubs system. He previously served as the hitting coach for the ACL Mesa Cubs (2024) and the Dominican Summer League Cubs (2023) and as the hitting fellow of the Rookie League Cubs (2022). Cuevas played seven years in the Cubs organization after being signed as an undrafted free agent on December 7, 2014.
Dixon Machado enters his first season as manager of the Arizona Complex League Mesa Cubs, after playing with the Iowa Cubs in 2025. Machado played 14 minor league seasons with the Tigers, Cubs, Giants and Astros farm systems from 2010-19 and 2022-25 and two seasons in the KBO from 2020-21. The infielder made his major league debut May 25, 2015, with Detroit and played parts of five major league seasons with Detroit (2015-18) and San Francisco (2022).
Enrique Wilson is in his ninth season with the Cubs Dominican Summer League club and his fifth as a manager after serving as a hitting coach. He had a nine-year major league playing career with Cleveland (1997-2000), Pittsburgh (2000-01), the Yankees (2001-04) and the Cubs (2005) in which he batted .244 with 22 home runs in 555 games.
Jovanny Rosario is in his second stint as manager of the Cubs Dominican Summer League team after holding the position in 2021 and his 11th year coaching in the Cubs system. Following his time in the DSL in 2021, he served as the bench coach for Myrtle Beach in 2022, coached in the Arizona Complex League in 2023 and returned to the Dominican Summer League as a coach from 2024-25. Rosario was originally signed by the Dodgers in 2002 as a free agent and played parts of four minor league seasons in Los Angeles’ farm system.
