Luis A. Dorante served as the Pittsburgh Pirates Bullpen Coach from 2008 through 2010. He served the Florida Marlins in the same capacity during the 2005 campaign. Dorante spent the 2007 season as the Manager of the Jupiter Hammerheads, the Marlins Class-A affiliate in the Florida State League. He also managed in the Dominican Republic during the 2007 off-season. Prior to managing the AA Carolina Mudcats in 2006, Dorante spent three seasons at the helm with Jupiter. In that time, he produced a 221-190 record, which included an 81-57 mark in 2002, the most victories by Jupiter in a single season. Luis led the Hammerheads to the playoffs twice in those three seasons. In 2003, he led the club to a combined 76-62 record, which included a 42-28 mark and a first place finish in the first half. Luis shared post-season Manager-of-the-Year honors in both 2002 and 2003. Dorante began his managerial career in the Montreal Expos system in the Gulf Coast League in 1995. He was a coach with the GCL Expos in 1996, a club which posted a league-best 41-18 record and a first-place finish, only to lose in the first round of the playoffs. 

October 25th, 1968 in Venezuela (Age 56)