넥센은 염경엽 감독(현 SK 단장)이 2016시즌 뒤 사퇴한 이후 장정석 당시 운영팀장을 새 사령탑으로 선임했다.
Nexen has appointed Jang Jung-seok, then head of the management team, as its new head coach since Yeom Kyung-yup, the current head of SK, resigned after the 2016 season.