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Pirates announce Chris Truby and Gene Lamont to join Manager Don Kelly’s staff

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May 16, 2025

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Pirates announce Chris Truby and Gene Lamont to join Manager Don Kelly’s staff

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The Pirates made some more moves in the dugout on Friday morning, announcing that Chris Truby and Gene Lamont have joined new manager Don Kelly’s staff.

According to the team, Truby will serve as a coach, and he began the year with Triple-A Indianapolis as manager as well as the organization’s minor-league infield coordinator, a position he held for four years. Truby will work with the team’s infielders in Pittsburgh.

He spent four seasons as a player in the MLB, playing with the Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers, and Tampa Bay Rays between 2000 and 2003.

Lamont has been named as a special advisor to Kelly, and it will be his third stint with the club. Lamont was the Pirates’ manager from 1997-2000 and a coach in 1996. He was also a coach for the Pirates from 1986 to 1991.

Along with his experience with the Pirates, he was a coach with Detroit from 2006 until 2017 under managers Jim Leyland and Brad Ausmus.

Truby will join the club in Philadelphia today and Lamont will join the team at the beginning of next week’s homestand.

The team also announced that Mike Rabelo will continue to serve as the third-base coach but will also expand his role on the bench to include game planning and strategy.

Meanwhile, Shawn Bowman, who was the assistant director of Triple-A Indianapolis to being the season, will now take over as the team’s manager.

The announcement comes about a week after the Pirates announced they had relieved manager Derek Shelton of his duties.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.

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Pittsburgh Steelers get injury updates on five players, including ascending pass rusher

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December 23, 2025

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Pittsburgh Steelers get injury updates on five players, including ascending pass rusher

The Pittsburgh Steelers got some injury updates on Tuesday courtesy of head coach Mike Tomlin, with the most promising one being that pass rusher Nick Herbig should return this week against the Cleveland Browns.

Herbig suffered a hamstring injury against the Miami Dolphins and practiced late last week but could not make the final push to suit up against the Lions.

Meanwhile, four other players are working through soft tissue injuries as well. Cornerback James Pierre has a calf issue that has kept him out of the last two games, but he went through a workout on Tuesday and that could get him back on the practice field.

Tomlin seemed optimistic that Pierre would return to practice this week. He did not give the same level of optimism to guard Isaac Seumalo, who is still battling through a triceps injury.

Seumalo missed last week after not practicing, and could be out for another game if he can not practice. Spencer Anderson, his backup, will be limited after getting banged-up against the Lions.

Wide receiver Calvin Austin III has a hamstring strain that Tomlin said will leave as questionable this week, and will likely limit him early in the practice week. The same can be said for slot cornerback Brandin Echols, who is battling a groin injury.

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