Pete Incaviglia will lead the AirHogs in their inaugural season. Incaviglia played 12 seasons in the Major Leagues, including five seasons with the Texas Rangers, where he hit 124 home runs. Incaviglia also spent seasons in Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and the New York Yankees. He hit a total of 206 home runs in his 12-year career and played in the 1993 World Series as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.

He spent the 2004-06 seasons as the hitting coach for the Erie Seawolves, the Double A affiliate for the Detroit Tigers. In 2005, he was the manager of the Tigers instructional league in Lakeland, FL. He got his start in coaching as a player/hitting coach with the Atlantic City Surf in the Atlantic League in 2002.

The 44-year-old manager also holds several NCAA single-season records including 48 home runs and 143 RBI, which he set in 1985, playing for Oklahoma State University. He was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.