Keirce Kimbel

Biography

Kimbel, a Franklin, Tennessee native, returned to Clarksville after three seasons at Evansville when head coach Roland Fanning hired him as the Governors' hitting coach and recruiting coordinator in July 2022. After leading the Governors to one of their finest offensive seasons in recent history, Kimbel moved into the Governors' pitching coach role for the 2024 season. Kimbel began coaching as a graduate assistant at Kentucky in 2018, serving on the same staff as Fanning for two seasons. After earning his master's degree at Kentucky, Evansville hired him before the COVID-shortened 2020 season. He was the Purple Aces volunteer assistant in 2020, the hitting coach in 2021, and the pitching coach in 2022. While at Evansville, he coached seven All-MVC selections, including 2022 MVC Pitcher of the Year Nick Smith. Governors' fans will remember Kimbel for his two seasons as a pitcher during the 2015 and 2016 seasons and his return to serve as the operations assistant in 2017. He made 30 career appearances in the red and white. He joined the Governors after beginning his career at Columbia State Community College, where he made 39 appearances over two seasons.