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The Washington Nationals today announced that manager Trent Jewett, pitching coach Paul Menhart, hitting coach Jerry Browne and head athletic trainer Atsushi Toriida will comprise the 2009 field staff for the Potomac Nationals, the reigning champions of the Single-A Carolina League. Nationals Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Player Development Bob Boone and Director of Player Development Bobby Williams made the announcement.

"The Washington Nationals are thrilled to add Trent Jewett to our organization," Williams said. "With Trent's experience as a manager at the Triple-A level and as a coach in the big leagues, we are confident that he will do a tremendous job leading our Potomac club and furthering the development of our young prospects."

Jewett, 44, adds 17 seasons of managerial and coaching experience to the Nationals' system. In 15 seasons as a manager in the minor leagues, Jewett has amassed 989 career victories. Jewett was honored by industry-insider Baseball America as the International League's "Best Manager Prospect" in 2007. Prior to joining Washington, he spent his entire career as a player, manager or coach with the Pittsburgh organization. Jewett has enjoyed 11 seasons as a manager at the Triple-A level, including the last six with Nashville (2003-04) of the Pacific Coast League and Indianapolis (2005-08) of the International League. Halfway through the 2000 campaign while managing at Nashville, he was summoned to the big leagues to serve as the Pirates' third base coach, where he would spend the next two seasons.

In addition to the aforementioned stint as Nashville's manager in 2000, Jewett also skippered the Sounds in 1998 and 1999. Jewett's other managerial stops include Calgary (1996-97) of the Triple-A PCL, Carolina (1995) of the Double-A Southern League, Salem (1994) of the Single-A Carolina League, Augusta (1993) of the Single-A South Atlantic League and Welland (1992) of the short-season Single-A New York-Penn League. He played four seasons as a catcher in Pittsburgh's minor league chain after signing with the club as a free agent in 1987.

Menhart makes the jump to Potomac after spending the previous two years as pitching coach with Hagerstown of the Single-A South Atlantic League. The 39 year-old began his tenure with the club in 2006, serving in the same capacity with Savannah of the Single-A SAL. Menhart joined the Washington organization from Western Carolina University (NC), where he spent three years (2003-05) as a coach, including the final two seasons as pitching coach. An eighth-round selection by the Blue Jays in the 1990 First-Year Player Draft, Menhart enjoyed parts of three seasons at the big league level with Toronto (1995), Seattle (1996) and San Diego (1997).

Browne, 42, returns for his second campaign as hitting coach with the Nationals' Single-A affiliate. Last season under Browne, the Potomac offense led the Carolina League in hits (1234) and batting average (.265) en route to winning the league championship. Browne enters his fourth season in the Washington chain, having previously served as hitting coach with Hagerstown in 2007 and Savannah in 2006. Before joining the Nationals' organization, he worked as a hitting coach in the San Francisco system at Augusta (2005) of the Single-A SAL and with Toronto, where he began his coaching career in 2002 as a roving minor league infield instructor. Browne played 10 seasons in the big leagues with Texas (1986-88), Cleveland (1989-91), Oakland (1992-93) and Florida (1994-95), hitting .271 with 135 doubles, 23 home runs, 288 RBI and 73 stolen bases in 982 games.

Toriida begins his seventh season with the Nationals organization, second at Potomac as head athletic trainer. Toriida has also enjoyed stints with Hagerstown (2007), Savannah (2006) and Vermont of the NY-Penn League (2003-05). Prior to joining the Washington chain, he spent one season (2002) with the Rockford RiverHawks of the independent Frontier League. Toriida, a Japanese native, is certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association.