KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - An Olathe North graduate is joining the Kansas City Royals coaching staff next season with hopes on improving one of the league’s worst offenses in 2025.

After a season that saw the Royals rank 26th in Major League Baseball in runs scored, Kansas City announced it’s hiring 32-year-old Connor Dawson to serve as one of the team’s hitting coaches.

Dawson, a 2012 graduate of Olathe North High School, spent the last four seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers. While with the Brewers, Milwaukee ranked 7th in MLB with an average of 4.69 runs per game.

Last season, the Brewers were second in MLB in batting average and on-base percentage and were third in runs per game.

Dawson will join Alec Zumwalt, who will remain with the team in 2026 and serve as the Senior Director of

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