Bringing the energy and commitment to Central College baseball he displayed as a pitcher, team co-captain and assistant coach, Adam Carey is the Dutch program’s new head coach.

Carey, a 2019 Central grad, spent the past two seasons as the team’s pitching coach. He also served as a Dutch assistant for the 2020 season before spending the 2021 campaign as the top assistant at Black Hawk College (Ill.), helping the junior college program post a 44-13 record, including a 20-0 mark in the Arrowhead Conference. In 2019-20 he was the pitching coach for the Rockford Rivets of the Northwoods League, a collegiate wood bat summer league.

A Pella High School graduate, Carey was a three-time letterwinner for the Dutch, posting a 5-5 record including a 4-2 mark in 2019. He replaces Casey Klunder, who resigned after posting a 31-47 record over two seasons, including a 15-24 mark this year.

The Dutch will return eight starters for Carey’s squad next year.