Paul Runge, a name familiar to many Braves fans, returns to manage the Braves’ high-A affiliate in its first season as the Florida Fire Frogs in Kissimmee. Runge played in parts of eight major league seasons for the Braves through 1988 and managed in the Braves minor league system for 14 seasons from 1994-2001 and 2005-2010, twice winning Appalalachian League manager of the year awards. He spent the past six seasons as Astros field coordinator.

The Fire Frogs’ pitching coach is Dennis Lewallyn, who served as Double-A Mississippi’s pitching coach the past four seasons. Hitting coach Carlos Mendez is back for his fourth season as high-A hitting coach.

The low-A Rome Braves return with the same manager (Randy Ingle) and coaches after wining the South Atlanta League title and being named by Baseball America as the overall minor league team of the year. Dan Meyer will be in his second season as pitching coach of a team that had five starting pitchers among the league’s top 15 prospects, and hitting coach Bobby Moore returns for his fifth season.

Nestor Perez will manage the rookie-league Danville Braves after spending one season managing the Braves’ Gulf Coast League rookie team.

The GCL team will have a first-time manager in Barrett Kleinknect, 28, who reached the Triple-A level during a six-year minor league playing career in the Braves organization through 2015.