Marty Pevey returns as manager for the I-Cubs for the 14th-consecutive season, extending his franchise-record tenure. Pevey’s 822 wins are a franchise record and his 1,466 victories are sixth-most among active minor league managers.
His Cubs career began in 2009 as the manager of Single-A Peoria. He led the Chiefs to an 81-57 record and was named the Midwest League’s co-Manager of the Year. He also served as the Cubs’ catching coordinator from 2010-12. In 2019, Pevey led the Iowa Cubs to their first PCL American Northern Division Championship since 2008. The I-Cubs ultimately dropped a five-game series three-games-to-two to the Round Rock express in the PCL Semi-Finals. This season will mark Pevey’s 44th in professional baseball, having played for 13 and coached for 30 entering 2026.
Pevey began his managerial career in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization with Short-A Medicine Hat from 1996-97. He managed Single-A Hagerstown and was named the South Atlantic League’s Manager of the Year in 1998. After serving as Toronto’s bullpen coach in 1999, Pevey returned to the managerial ranks with Advanced-A Dunedin (2000-02), Double-A New Haven (2003), and Triple-A Syracuse (2004-05) before returning to the Blue Jays’ major league staff as the first base coach in 2006 and then third base coach from 2007-08. He was voted as the Florida State League Manager of the Year with Dunedin in 2000 and the Eastern League Manager of the Year with New Haven in 2003. Pevey’s career accolades include 1998 Atlantic League Manager of the Year honors and 2009 Midwest League Co-Manager of the Year respects.
As a player, Pevey was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 19th round of the 1982 draft out of Georgia Southern University where he was a three-time All-Conference selection. Pevey played 13 seasons, including nine at Triple-A. He made his major league debut with the Montreal Expos on May 16, 1989 and played 13 games in his only big league season.
Pevey resides in Savannah, GA, with his wife, Trini, children Tucker and Ashtin, granddaughter Sage and niece Calista.
Cougoule enters his third season with the Cubs’ organization. He began his time with the Cubs as the pitching coach for Arizona Rookie League Mesa in 2020 before two seasons as South Bend’s pitching coach.
Prior to joining the Cubs, Cougoule was the pitching coach at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, from 2010-2019, a coach at Southeastern Community College from 2008-09 and Azusa Pacific University from 2006-07. In addition, Cougoule worked as the pitching coach for the 2016 Santa Barbara Foresters, a summer collegiate baseball team in the California Collegiate League.
He played collegiate baseball at Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids, IA, earning team MVP and all-conference honors in 2003. He also served as an assistant coach for the Mustangs in 2005.
Cougoule completed his master’s degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific University in 2007. He achieved his bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Mount Mercy in 2004.
Jamie Vermilyea - Assistant Pitching Coach
Vermilyea is in his ninth season in the Cubs organization and his first with the I-Cubs. He spent the previous five seasons as a pitching coach with Double-A Knoxville, one year with Advanced-A South Bend (2019) and one year with Rookie League Mesa (2018). Vermilyea was selected by Toronto in the ninth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of New Mexico and played nine professional seasons.
Minor enters his first season in the Cubs organization after 10 years in San Francisco’s system. He was the hitting coach for Triple-A Sacramento for nine years (2016-2024) and one year as an assistant hitting coach on the Major League staff (2025). Prior to his time in Sacramento, Minor was a hitting coach for Triple-A New Orleans from 2011-2015. He was selected in the 12th round of the 1996 First-Year Player Draft by San Francisco and played 136 Major League games across four seasons.
Taylor Fortney - Hitting Coach
Fortney enters his third season with the Cubs and second in Iowa following his role as a development coach in 2024. He spent the 2025 season as a hitting coach for Double-A Knoxville. Fortney previously spent six years as the Director of Player Development for the Lubbock Baseball Academy in Lubbock, Texas.
Lovullo is in his fifth season with the Cubs and first with the I-Cubs. He spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons as the manager for Advanced-A South Bend and was the bench coach for Double-A Knoxville in 2022-2023. Lovullo played six professional seasons and is the son of Arizona Diamondbacks manager, Torey.
Logan Severson - Athletic Trainer
In his eleventh season as a trainer in the Cubs’ organization, Severson joins Iowa’s staff for the fifth consecutive year. A native of Morris, Ill., Severson began his professional career as an intern with Iowa in 2012 and was a graduate assistant athletic trainer while earning his master’s degree at Western Illinois University from 2013-15.
He spent the 2015 campaign as a trainer with Short-Season Class-A Eugene, and served the same role during the 2016-17 seasons with Low-A South Bend. For each of the next three seasons, Severson was the trainer for Myrtle Beach, before making the jump to Double-A Tennessee.
He earned his degree in athletic training from Illinois State University and his masters in Sports Management from Western Illinois University.
Severson resides in Chicago, IL, with his wife, Chelsea.
Seth Clapp - Athletic Trainer
Clapp enters his first year in Iowa and sixth with the Cubs. He served as an athletic trainer for Rookie League Arizona in 2021, Advanced-A South Bend in 2022 and spent 2023-2025 with Double-A Knoxville.
Connor Rooney - Strength & Conditioning
Rooney joins Iowa’s staff for the second consecutive season after spending 2022 and 2024 as a rehab strength and conditioning staff for the Cubs in Arizona with a stint as a strength and conditioning coach with Double-A Knoxville in 2023.
Christian French - Strength & Conditioning
French is in his first year with Iowa and third in the Cubs organization. He spent the previous two seasons as a strength coach in the Dominican Summer League. He graduated from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.