Dave Joppie

Who is Dave Joppie?

Dave Joppie is an American professional baseball coach and minor league manager. He currently works for the Boston Red Sox organization.

Joppie, who never played professional baseball, is a former Lakewood High School graduate, Aquinas College baseball player and West Michigan college basketball official. He worked games in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference for almost 20 years, deciding to retire from officiating after the 2009–2010 basketball season to concentrate exclusively on baseball.

In 1995 Joppie joined the Oakland Athletics organization as the hitting coach of the Double-A Huntsville Stars for two seasons. He went on to coach Class A+ Modesto A's, then returned with Huntsville before joining Class A+ Visalia Oaks.

In 2000, he was promoted to manage Single-A Vancouver Canadians. He led his team to a record of 39-37, good for a fourth place in the Northwest League. He returned to coaching with Double-A Midland RockHounds from 2001 to 2003 and later managed Class-A Kane County Cougars in 2004 and 2005.