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The Team

2023 Marketmen Roster

Coaching Staff

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Larry Bumpus- Head Coach

Larry Bumpus joined the Marketmen staff as an assistant in 2018. A native of Southern California, Bumpus was a standout football, basketball, and baseball player in high school. He went on to earn a scholarship and play football at Oregon State University. Bumpus has several years of coaching experience, including experience with legion programs in the Salem area.  He enjoys working with young men and helping them to develop into better athletes and most importantly, into better young men. Bumpus loves to spend time with his family and has the unique opportunity to work with his wife everyday.

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Azel Bumpus- Asst. Coach

Azel Bumpus joined the Gerding Builders staff for the 2022 season, coaching alongside his father Larry. Bumpus played for the Marketmen in 20218, 2019 and 2021; if not for the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out the 2020 season, Bumpus would have been a rare four-year player in the program. Bumpus graduated from Corvallis High in 2020. As a junior in 2019, he was All-Mid-Willamette Conference second team as an infielder. He went on to play at Chemeketa Community College.

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Cooper Hartsell- Asst. Coach

After playing for the Marketmen in 2019, Cooper Hartsell becomes part of the Gerding Builders staff in 2022 alongside his father Chad. He also played Legion baseball for the Mid-Valley Southpaws of Albany. Cooper graduated from West Albany High in 2018, earning All-Mountain Valley Conference honors as an infielder. He went on to play

at Umpqua Community College.

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