Phil Pohl is in his second season with the Tiger program as director of scouting & player personnel in 2024. In 2022, Pohl served as manager of the Lansing Lugnuts, the High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. In 2016, Pohl became Oakland’s bullpen catcher and served in that role for six seasons. Prior to the 2022 season, Pohl was named manager of the Lugnuts, meaning he spent 11 seasons in the Athletics organization. Pohl, who was drafted in the 28th round by the Athletics in 2012, played four years (2012-15) in the minor leagues in the Athletics organization, reaching as high as AAA in 2014. In his minor league career, he totaled 18 homers, 75 RBIs and 87 runs in 182 games. Pohl lettered four times (2009-12) as a Tiger as one of the most respected players in the program for his hard work and dedication on the field and in the classroom. The two-time co-captain and two-time winner of the Tiger Baseball Award, given to the team’s best leader, was a career .286 hitter with a .363 on-base percentage in 198 games (157 starts). He also totaled 15 homers, 44 doubles, 113 RBIs and 94 runs in his career and was a two-time All-ACC selection. Off the field, he was a two-time Academic All-American, two-time All-ACC Academic selection and four-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member. He is one of only three Academic All-Americans in program history and the only Tiger to be a multi-year Academic All-American. After limited action in 2009 and 2010, he became an everyday starter as a junior in 2011, when he hit .333 with 22 doubles, four homers and 33 RBIs. He also became Clemson’s first Academic All-American since 1995. As a senior in 2012, Pohl was a First-Team All-ACC selection. He was also a strength & conditioning All-American and first-team Academic All-American in 2012, when he hit .286 with nine homers and a team-high 58 RBIs. Pohl graduated from Clemson in 2012 with a degree in management with a 3.63 career GPA and 3.0 GPA or better in all eight semesters at Clemson. He was also honored during the 2010 College World Series Opening Ceremonies for having Clemson’s highest GPA. He was born Philip Michael Pohl on July 22, 1990 in Bakersfield, Calif. The Cooperstown, N.Y. native and his wife, Christy, a former Clemson track & field student-athlete, have a son, Vincent, and daughter, Vittoria.

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