“The best picture is for veteran Hanyu Island to take center stage and for prospects to grow.”

“I hope my experience of working as a coach for the 1st and 2nd teams for 10 years and as a general manager will be helpful to SSG.”

SSG Landers appoints new coach Lee Soong-yong

Lee Soong-yong, former head of KT Wiz training, takes command of the first team of the professional baseball SSG Landers.SSG announced on the 17th, “We have appointed Lee Soong-yong, former head of KT training, as the new head coach.”

New SSG Landers coach Lee Soong-yong (52) explained that ‘remodeling, not rebuilding’ is the direction he will pursue.

Coach Lee Soong-yong said in a phone call with Yonhap News on the 17th after being appointed as SSG commander, "Our team has a good mix of good veterans and prospects with potential for development," and "If you look at this composition, it is a team that seeks stable change rather than a rebuild that changes the team rapidly. “I think remodeling is more appropriate,” he said.

He said, “For 10 years at KT Wiz, I worked as a coach in the first and second teams, and also as a general manager. The experience I have accumulated will definitely help SSG become ‘a team that can reign as a strong team for a long time.’ “I will communicate well with other coaching staff, players, and the front office to find a better direction,” he added.

On this day, SSG announced, “We signed a contract with new coach Lee Soong-yong for a total of 900 million won, including a two-year contract of 300 million won and an annual salary of 300 million won.”

New SSG manager Lee Soong-yong, who served as KT general manager from 2019 to 2021, is the sixth general manager in KBO League history, following KBO game operations committee member Park Jong-hoon, LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, current SPOTV commentator Yang Sang-moon, former KIA Tigers manager Jang Jeong-seok, and Hanwha Eagles general manager Son Hyuk. He became a baseball player who worked as a manager.

Coach Lee Soong-yong is the first to work as a general manager and to be appointed as a first-team manager.