WVU Baseball Alum to Coach for Altoona Curve in 2025

A WVU baseball alum will be part of the Altoona Curve’s coaching staff for the 2025 season. Former Mountaineer Scott Seabol will serve as the Curve’s hitting coach, as announced by the team and the Pittsburgh Pirates, their MLB affiliate franchise, on Friday.

Seabol comes to Altoona after spending the 2024 season as the Hitting Coach at Low-A Bradenton and begins his second season in the Pirates minor league system.

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— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) January 31, 2025

Seabol joined the Pirates after four seasons as a hitting instructor in the Miami Marlins minor league system (2020-2023) and with the New York Yankees (2016-19).

Before he started his coaching career, Seabol was drafted by the New York Yankees in 1996 out of WVU. Seabol hit .342 while recording 69 hits and posted 44 RBI as junior during the 1996 season for West Virginia.

He played 60 major league games with the Yankees (2001) and St. Louis Cardinals (2005). Seabol’s 14-year playing career wrapped up in 2009 after a season in Korea and two seasons in Japan. A native of McKeesport, PA, Seabol resides in Elizabeth, PA with his twin sons Cole and Cameron (20) and daughter Caylin (15).

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Part of this story was taken from the press release sent by the Altoona Curve.