With the Ohio Valley League headed into a season of transition, the Hoptown Hoppers have turned to the Prospect League to find their new head coach. During a media conference Monday afternoon, Hoppers GM Danny Roberts introduced as Jarrod Brissenden as the man who would guide the Hoppers for the 2024 OVL season.
Brissenden spent the 2022 season as a hitting coach for the Alton River Dragons. Two of the Dragons took three of the league’s top honors, claiming the batting title, the home run title, and Prospect League MVP.
In 2021, he was a hitting coach for the O’Fallon Hoots.
Brissenden played for Olney Central College, Greenville University, and McKendree University.
He was a coach at Althoff Catholic High School in Bellville, Illinois, for six years. Brissenden has also coached American Legion baseball in Illinois in Flora and Highland, where he currently resides with his wife and two children.
