Robin Lund is a Canadian professional baseball coach. He is the assistant pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Lund is from Peace River, Alberta. He played baseball in Canada through the eighth grade, when organized baseball programs ceased. He moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and stayed with a foster family to continue playing baseball at Lewiston High School.[2] He played college baseball at Spokane Falls Community College. Lund earned a bachelor's degree in education from Whitworth College in 1995, a master's degree in exercise science from Eastern Washington University in 1997, and a Doctor of Philosophy in exercise science from the University of Idaho in 2002.[2][1] Lund worked at the University of Northern Iowa as an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology for 17 years before joining the University of Iowa as the pitching coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2013.[2][3]
On November 6, 2022, the Detroit Tigers hired Lund as their assistant pitching coach for the 2023 season.[1][4]
Personal life
Lund met his wife, Susie, in Lewiston.[2] They have three children.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Detroit Tigers hire Robin Lund as assistant pitching coach". Freep.com. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "How a college professor used science, data to transform Iowa baseball". Hawkcentral.com. May 6, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "Hawkeye baseball coach shows off his grilling techniques with this Iowa chop recipe". The Gazette. September 26, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Tigers tab Iowa's Lund as pitching assistant". MLB.com.