Daniel Kevin DeMent (born June 17, 1978) is an American

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for the

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. DeMent is from Frankfort, Illinois. He attended

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in New Lenox, Illinois, and then spent two years at

Rend Lake College Rend Lake College (RLC) is a public community college in Ina, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System (ICCS). History Rend Lake College was founded in 1955 as Mt. Vernon Community College to allow students from High School ...

before he transferred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to play

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for the

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. After he graduated from UAB, DeMent signed with the

as an

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in 2000. He played in Minor League Baseball for the Rays and

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. After the 2007 season, he transitioned into coaching. The Rays promoted DeMent to their major league coaching staff after the 2021 season.

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