The Weyburn Beavers have announced that Coach Dan Grant will be unable to return to Weyburn for a second year due to new job opportunities in Victoria where he is currently living with his new wife Karlee.
The Weyburn Beavers executive has looked to our alumni in announcing the signing of Phil Curtis as head coach for the 2013 season. Phil finished his playing career being a three-year veteran of the Weyburn Beavers and previously having played four years in Edmonton and for his home town of Sherwood Park AB of the WMBL where he was a teammate of Dan Grant's. He also assisted Dan Grant with the pitching staff the last half of the 2012 season as a player/coach and in 2009 was pitching coach for Sherwood Park Midget AAA team under Head Coach Jim Bennett, a former San Francisco Giant. We feel that his familiarity with the league will be an asset when it comes to recruiting players as he knows what level of athlete is required. He understands our community and knows what we expect of the coaches and players. Phil is currently living in Weyburn and works for ComTech.
The executive of the Weyburn Beavers are hopeful that having Phil as the head coach will bring some stability and continuity to our program and are looking forward to the 2013 season.
