Coaching Staff

Jake Lanferman

Head Coach

Jake played his youth baseball in the Sherwood Park Minor Baseball Program. He attended St. Francis Xavier Academy and the St. Albert Prospects Academy throughout high school and represented Team Alberta many times. After high school he received an athletic scholarship to play for Fort Hays State University in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA D2). After playing in Kansas for a number of years, he transferred to the University of British Columbia where he played in the Cascade Conference (NAIA). He received an athletic scholarship at UBC for consecutive seasons and finished his collegiate baseball career in 2020.

Dylan Flasch

Assistant Coach

Flasch is a Lloydminster native who played minor ball and was in the Canada Cup and Toronto Blue Jays Tournament 12/Canadian Futures. He left his home base at 16 to attend the Badlands Baseball Academy. “It was a super cool experience. I think it makes you grow up quickly. My host family was like a second family to me and they still keep in touch.”

The All-Star player went on to the Lethbridge Bulls and college, where the infielder earned a Diploma in Business Administration. He has been an assistant coach at Badlands Baseball Academy, head coach of a U18 AAA team and was recently Baseball Operations Manager at The Dome in Red Deer.

Mark Goodman

Pitching Coach

Mark joins the Riverhawks as the pitching coach for his first season in the summer of 2024!

Prior to coaching, Goodman played at the University of South Dakota and Bellevue University. Following his collegiate career, he played professional ball at the independent level for five seasons. Other highlights for Goodman include striking out Ricky Henderson in his first professional outing. He was also selected to go to Russia and help coach the Russian Olympic team.

Tanner Kirwer

Hitting Coach

A local Sherwood Park native, Tanner joins us after an impressive 7 year minor league career where he reached the AAA Pacific Coast League with the Seattle Mariners organization.

Tanner played his college baseball at Niagara University in New York, a school where multiple current Riverhawks call home each spring season!

Nathan Coffin

Bench Coach

Coffin is a former catcher who played Midget AAA in St. Albert, attended the baseball academy in Lethbridge and then went on to the University of Alberta baseball club. That turned into coaching the Hawks Collegiate team, where he’s been since 2016. “I just love being around the Riverhawks team,” reflects Coach Coffin. “I never had any brothers growing up, so growing up being around baseball, it’s like having a bunch of brothers.”

Baseball has been in Coffin’s blood before he was even on solid food. “Literally the day I came out of the hospital, I didn’t go home; I went straight to my dad’s ball game.” Growing up, Coffin’s extended family enjoyed playing slow-pitch games together for over twenty years! He fondly recalls seeing the Edmonton Trappers team with his grandpa who had season tickets back in the day.