Ryan Ellis is the new manager for the Savannah Sand Gnats for the 2011 season. Ellis served as the Savannah hitting coach the past two years.
The Montreal Expos drafted Ellis in the 28th round out of Point Park College in 2000. In 2000 and 2001, Ellis played for Vermont in the New York Penn league. In 2002 Ellis joined the independent Washington(Pa.) Wild Things of the Frontier League. He coached the Wild Things for three years(2003-2005).
He began his New York(NL) career as a coach with the Double-A Binghamton team in 2007.
