List of Detroit Tigers coaches
The following is a list of coaches, including role(s) and year(s) of service, for the Detroit Tigers franchise.
Bench Coach[edit]
- Ed Brinkman: 1979[1]
- Billy Consolo: 1979–1992[2]
- Glenn Ezell: 1996[3]
- Larry Parrish: 1997–1998[4]
- Bob Melvin: 2000[5]
- Doug Mansolino: 2001[6]
- Felipe Alou: 2002[7]
- Luis Pujols: 2002[8]
- Kirk Gibson: 2003–2005[9]
- Gene Lamont: 2013–2017[10]
- Steve Liddle: 2018–2019[11]
- Lloyd McClendon: 2020[12]
- George Lombard: 2021–2023[13]
Hitting Coach[edit]
- Billy Hitchcock: 1957[14]
- Gates Brown: 1978–1984[15]
- Vada Pinson: 1985–1991[16]
- Larry Herndon: 1992–1998[17]
- Toby Harrah: 1998[18]
- Alan Trammell: 1999[19]
- Bill Madlock: 2000–2001[20]
- Merv Rettenmund: 2002[21]
- Bruce Fields: 2003–2005[22]
- Don Slaught: 2006[23]
- Lloyd McClendon: 2007–2013[24]
- Wally Joyner: 2014–2016[25]
- Lloyd McClendon: 2017–2019[24]
- Joe Vavra: 2020[12]
- Scott Coolbaugh: 2021–2022[13]
- Keith Beauregard: 2023[26]
- Michael Brdar: 2023[26]
Pitching Coach[edit]
- Willis Hudlin: 1957–1959[27]
- Tom Ferrick: 1960–1963[28]
- Stubby Overmire: 1963–1966[29]
- Johnny Sain: 1967–1969[30]
- Ted Kazanski: 1969[31]
- Mike Roarke: 1970[32]
- Art Fowler: 1971–1973[33]
- Cot Deal: 1973–1974[34]
- Steve Hamilton: 1975[35]
- Fred Gladding: 1976–1978[36]
- Johnny Grodzicki: 1979[37]
- Roger Craig: 1980–1984[38]
- Billy Muffett: 1985–1994[39]
- Ralph Treuel: 1995[40]
- Jon Matlack: 1996[41]
- Rick Adair: 1996–1999[42]
- Dan Warthen: 1999–2002[43]
- Steve McCatty: 2002[44]
- Bob Cluck: 2003–2005[45]
- Chuck Hernandez: 2006–2008[46]
- Rick Knapp: 2009–2011[47]
- Jeff Jones: 2011–2015[48]
- Rich Dubee: 2016–2017[49]
- Chris Bosio: 2018 – June 26, 2018[50][51]
- Rick Anderson: June 27, 2018 – 2020[52]
- Chris Fetter: 2021–2023[53]
First Base Coach[edit]
- Schoolboy Rowe: 1954–1955[54]
- Don Lund: 1957[55]
- Tommy Henrich: 1958–1959[56]
- Luke Appling: 1960[57]
- Don Heffner: 1961[58]
- Phil Cavarretta: 1962–1963[59]
- Pat Mullin: 1963–1966[60]
- Wally Moses: 1967–1970[61]
- Frank Skaff: 1971:[62]
- Dick Tracewski: 1972–1978[63]
- Gates Brown: 1979[15]
- Dick Tracewski: 1980–1991[63]
- Gene Roof: 1992–1995[64]
- Ron Oester: 1996[65]
- Jerry White: 1997–1998[66]
- Juan Samuel: 1999–2002[67]
- Rafael Landestoy: 2002[68]
- Mick Kelleher: 2003–2005[69]
- Andy Van Slyke: 2006–2009[70]
- Tom Brookens: 2010–2012[71]
- Rafael Belliard: 2013[72]
- Omar Vizquel: 2014–2017[73]
- Ramón Santiago: 2018–2019[74]
- Dave Clark: 2020[75][12]
- Ramón Santiago: 2021 – July 16, 2021[13]
- Kimera Bartee: July 17, 2021 – December 20, 2021[76]
- Gary Jones: 2022[77]
Third Base Coach[edit]
- Billy Hitchcock: 1955–1960[14]
- Phil Cavarretta: 1961[59]
- George Myatt: 1962–1963[78]
- Bob Swift: 1963–1966[79]
- Frank Skaff: 1966[62]
- Tony Cuccinello: 1967–1968[80]
- Grover Resinger: 1969–1970[81]
- Joe Schultz Jr.: 1971–1976[82]
- Fred Hatfield: 1977–1978[83]
- Dick Tracewski: 1979[63]
- Alex Grammas: 1980–1991[84]
- Dick Tracewski: 1992–1995[63]
- Terry Francona: 1996[85]
- Perry Hill: 1997–1999[86]
- Doug Mansolino: 2000[6]
- Lance Parrish: 2001[87]
- Doug Mansolino: 2002[6]
- Juan Samuel: 2002–2005[67]
- Gene Lamont: 2006–2012[10]
- Tom Brookens: 2013[71]
- Dave Clark: 2014–2019[75]
- Ramón Santiago: 2020[74][12]
- Chip Hale: 2021 – July 5, 2021[13][88]
- Ramón Santiago: July 17, 2021 – 2022[76]
Bullpen Coach[edit]
- Mike Roarke: 1965–1966[32]
- Hal Naragon: 1967–1969[89]
- Len Okrie: 1970[90]
- Charlie Silvera: 1971–1973[91]
- Jim Hegan: 1974–1978[92]
- Dan Whitmer: 1992–1994[93]
- Jeff Jones: 1995[48]
- Fred Kendall: 1996–1998[94]
- Jeff Jones: 1999–2000[48]
- Ed Ott: 2001–2002[95]
- Jeff Jones: 2002[48]
- Lance Parrish: 2003–2005[87]
- Lloyd McClendon: 2006[24]
- Jeff Jones: 2007–2011[48]
- Mike Rojas: 2011–2013[96]
- Mick Billmeyer: 2014–2017[97]
- Rick Anderson: 2018 – June 26, 2018[52]
- A. J. Sager: June 27, 2018 – 2019[98]
- Jeff Pico: 2019–2020[99][100]
Others[edit]
- Rafael Belliard: 2006–2009 (infield coach)[72]
- Darnell Coles: 2014 (assistant hitting coach)[101]
- David Newhan: 2015–2016 (assistant hitting coach)[102]
- Leon Durham: 2017 (assistant hitting coach)[103]
- Omar Vizquel: 2017 (infield/base running coach)[73]
- Phil Clark: 2018–2020 (assistant hitting coach)[104]
- Joe Vavra: 2018–2019 (quality control coach)[105][106]
- Josh Paul: 2020–2021 (quality control coach)[107]
- Juan Nieves: 2021–2022 (assistant pitching coach)[53]
- José Cruz Jr.: 2021 (assistant hitting coach)[108]
- Mike Hessman: 2021–2022 (assistant hitting coach)[109]
- Robin Lund: 2023 (assistant pitching coach)[26]
- James Rowson: 2023 (assistant hitting coach)[26]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ed Brinkman". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Billy Consolo". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Glenn Ezell". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Parrish". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Melvin". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Doug Mansolino". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Felipe Alou". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Luis Pujols". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Kirk Gibson". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Gene Lamont". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Steve Liddle". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Fenech, Anthony (September 30, 2019). "Detroit Tigers coaches returning in 2020, but in different roles". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Beck, Jason (November 7, 2020). "Tigers add bench, hitting, 3B coaches". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Billy Hitchcock". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Gates Brown". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Vada Pinson". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Larry Herndon". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Toby Harrah". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Alan Trammell". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bill Madlock". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Merv Rettenmund". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bruce Fields". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Don Slaught". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Lloyd McClendon". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Wally Joyner". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Beck, Jason (November 16, 2022). "Tigers revamp staff with 3 hitting coach hires". MLB.com. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
- ^ "Willis Hudlin". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Tom Ferrick". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Stubby Overmire". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Johnny Sain". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Ted Kazanski". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Mike Roarke". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Art Fowler". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Cot Deal". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Steve Hamilton". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Fred Gladding". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Johnny Grodzicki". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Roger Craig". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Billy Muffett". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Ralph Treuel". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Jon Matlack". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rick Adair". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Dan Warthen". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Steve McCatty". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Cluck". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Chuck Hernandez". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rick Knapp". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Jeff Jones". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rich Dubee". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Chris Bosio". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jason (June 27, 2018). "Tigers dismiss pitching coach Bosio". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rick Anderson". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b Beck, Jason (November 6, 2020). "Tigers name new pitching coach". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Schoolboy Rowe". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Don Lund". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Tommy Henrich". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Luke Appling". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Don Heffner". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Phil Cavarretta". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Pat Mullin". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Wally Moses". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Frank Skaff". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Dick Tracewski". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Gene Roof". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Ron Oester". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Jerry White". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Juan Samuel". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rafael Landestoy". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Mick Kelleher". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Andy Van Slyke". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Tom Brookens". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rafael Belliard". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Omar Vizquel". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Ramon Santiago". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Dave Clark". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b Beck, Jason (July 16, 2021). "Tigers promote Bartee to first-base coach". MLB.com. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ Petzold, Evan (January 27, 2022). "Detroit Tigers promote Gary Jones to first base coach; Lloyd McClendon returns to Toledo". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "George Myatt". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bob Swift". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Tony Cuccinello". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Grover Resinger". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Schultz". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Fred Hatfield". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Grammas". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Terry Francona". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Perry Hill". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Lance Perrish". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Petzold, Evan (July 5, 2021). "Detroit Tigers third base coach Chip Hale leaves to coach Arizona baseball". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Hal Naragon". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Len Orkie". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Charlie Silvera". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Jim Hegan". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Dan Whitmer". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Fred Kendall". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Ed Ott". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Mike Rojas". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Mick Billmeyer". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "A.J. Sager". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Jeff Pico". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Wagner, John (June 29, 2018). "Mud Hens pitching coach Jeff Pico to join Tigers staff". The Blade. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Darnell Coles". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "David Newhan". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Leon Durham". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Phil Clark". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Vavra". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 2, 2017). "Tigers add Bosio, complete coaching staff". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 12, 2019). "Tigers continue analytics lean with staff moves". MLB.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jason (December 8, 2020). "José Cruz Jr. named to Hinch's coaching staff". MLB.com. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ Beck, Jason (June 12, 2021). "Hessman promoted to assistant hitting coach". MLB.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.