Managerial Career
In 1996, Kremblas was a free agent. He did not get any offers, except from the Montreal Expos as a player-coach, and he served as the hitting coach for the Ottawa Lynx. Two years later, in 1998, the Expos rewarded Kremblas, making him the manager of the Gulf Coast Expos Rookie League team. He was promoted to the Single-A Cape Fear Crocs and spent the 1999 managing that club.
After the California League All-Star break of 2000, he became manager of the Mudville Nine in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, and after the Brewers switched Single-A affiliates in 2001, he guided the High Desert Mavericks to the second round of the California League playoffs. Kremblas managed the Double-A Huntsville Stars from 2002 through 2004. During his time with the Stars he also served as a coach in the 2003 All-Star Futures Game, a coach for the 2003 Arizona Fall League Peoria Saguaros, and as a manager in the 2004 Southern League All-Star Game. In 2005, he was promoted again by the Brewers to manage the Triple-A Nashville Sounds and guided the Sounds to the Pacific Coast League Championship. In both the 2006 and 2007 seasons, he took the team to win the American North Division title before losing in the conference finals, and he was named the PCL Manager of the Year for 2007. After a 59-81 season in 2008, however, Kremblas was released from his position as Nashville's manager. In four years of managing for the Sounds, that was the only season which didn't result in a division title.
In December 2008, Kremblas signed on with the new management team of the Pittsburgh Pirates to manage the Pirates' Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians. Kremblas spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons as the Indians' manager. In 2010, Kremblas was named to the coaching staff of the International League in the Triple-A All-Star Game, and that same year he was mentioned by some members of the national media as a possible replacement candidate for the Pirates' manager John Russell. For the 2011 season, the Pirates gave Kremblas the role of Minor League Field Coordinator for the entire organization, and in 2012, Kremblas became a special assistant to Minor League operations in the Pirates' front office. In January 2013, he was named manager of the Pirates' High Class-A affiliate, the Bradenton Marauders.
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