By Janie McCauley, Associated Press
Sacramento State alumna Alyssa Nakken — who became the first woman to coach on the field in a major league baseball game when she worked first base for San Francisco in April 2022 — has interviewed for the Giants managerial vacancy.
President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi confirmed Sunday night that Nakken had gone through a first-round interview last week. The Athletic first reported Nakken had interviewed for the job.
According to MLB.com, Nakken is believed to be the first woman to interview for a major league managerial position.
Zaidi has said he hopes to find a new manager by the start of free agency to replace Gabe Kapler, fired with three days remaining in the season. He was 295-248 over three-plus seasons, with the Giants winning a franchise-record 107 games and edging the 106-win Dodgers for the NL West title in 2021 before missing the playoffs the last two seasons.
The Giants finished 79-83 this season after going 81-81 in 2022. They were held to two or fewer runs in each of their final eight games.
The 33-year-old Nakken, a softball star at Sac State from 2009-2012, has been a coach on the Giants staff since Kapler hired her in January 2020.
At Sac State, Nakken was a three-time all-conference player at first base and four-time Academic All American. She went on to earn a master’s degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco in 2015 after interning with the Giants’ baseball operations department a year earlier.
Her husband, Robert, announced in August on social media the coach is expecting the couple’s first child, a girl, on Feb. 9.
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