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Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto Blue Jays announced three additions to manager John Schneider's staff Monday. Lou Iannotti is joining the team as assistant hitting coach, Graham Johnson as [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Dec. 5The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the hiring of Brent Strom as assistant pitching coach Thursday morning. Strom, 76, will assist Oscar Marin, who will enter his sixth [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Oct. 1Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington gave a vote of confidence to Derek Shelton last month, saying he would return in 2025 for his sixth season [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel Northwestern fired baseball coach Jim Foster on Thursday, three days after terminating football coach Pat Fitzgerald over allegations that his players allegedly engaged in hazing throughout his [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jul. 3After spending 13 seasons as the head baseball coach at Boston College, including two working with Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft, Mike Gambino took the [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Jun. 29Derek Shelton was at home when the phone rang. But it was upstairs, and he missed the call from old friend and mentor Rob Thomson. 'Wonder [...]

Byline: Mikey DiLullo, The Tuscaloosa News, USA TODAY Network TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Alabama has fired baseball coach Brad Bohannon, according to a statement released Thursday. This season, [...]

The university said the coach, Brad Bohannon, was fired for cause but did not provide details. Alabama fired its head baseball coach, Brad Bohannon, on Thursday, days after unusual bets [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- Ashley Stephenson, a long-time player and coach with Canada's women's baseball team, is joining the Toronto Blue Jays' organization as a coach. Stephenson has [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto Blue Jays will be in search of a new bullpen coach. The team announced Sunday that Matt Buschmann has opted to leave the organization [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 21When the Pittsburgh Pirates announced the coaching staffs for their minor league affiliates, there was one notable name missing. Kieran Mattison, manager for Double-A Altoona this [...]

Byline: MARTY KLINKENBERG; Staff Don Mattingly has a five-monthold Labradoodle named Bo. He also has a shortstop with the same name within his reach as the Blue Jays bench coach. [...]

Byline: GREGORY STRONG; THE CANADIAN PRESS The home manager's office had that just-moved-in feel Thursday as John Schneider held court with reporters in the room for the first time since [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies, who spent more than all but three major league teams on this year's roster but have won only as many games as [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren The call to take her place in baseball history, one that Alyssa Nakken had long prepared for, came in the third inning Tuesday night, when the San [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jan. 19The Pittsburgh Pirates lost a member of Derek Shelton's coaching staff when Glenn Sherlock left to become Buck Showalter's bench coach with the New York Mets, [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jan. 18When Joel Hanrahan left the Pittsburgh Pirates organization after five seasons not long after being honored as their top minor league coach he tweeted that he [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jan. 16Glenn Sherlock is leaving the Pittsburgh Pirates to become the New York Mets bench coach under manager Buck Showalter, rejoining the club where he spent three [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 22The Pittsburgh Pirates will have their first female coach in uniform in club history in Caitlyn Callahan, who has been hired as a minor league developmental [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 21As the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to redefine and shift roles in their minor league system, they have hired three new coaches who all have experience playing [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Dec. 15Less than two months after being named the organization's minor league coach of the year, Joel Hanrahan announced Wednesday on Twitter that he is leaving the [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 25The Pittsburgh Pirates will name Mike Rabelo their third base coach, moving their major league field coordinator to a new role next season, a source confirmed [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Nov. 24The Pittsburgh Pirates have an agreement in place to name Andy Haines as their hitting coach, a source confirmed to the Tribune-Review, filling one of the [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty WASHINGTON - Here, a few highlights of the Washington Nationals announcing their coaching staff for 2022: Ricky Bones, a former big league pitcher, has joined the organization [...]

Two hitting coaches and the third-base coach will not return after the team's early playoff exit. Manager Aaron Boone's contract expires after the season. After a seesaw season that ended [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty For the second straight autumn, the Washington Nationals and Manager Dave Martinez are reshaping their major league coaching staff. Bob Henley and Randy Knorr will not be [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Oct. 9The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired third base coach Joey Cora after five seasons with the club. Cora, 57, is the second member of manager Derek Shelton's [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Aug. 30After ranking at or near baseball's bottom in most major offensive categories the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Pirates fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein on Monday. [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Aug. 30The Pittsburgh Pirates, who rank at or near baseball's bottom in most major offensive categories this season, have fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein after three seasons. [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty When Sam Narron was asked how he was doing Aug. 2, his fifth day as the Washington Nationals' fill-in pitching coach, he bent back at the waist, [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Feb. 17The Pittsburgh Pirates announced changes Wednesday to their minor league coaching staffs, with some shuffling among their affiliates and two former affiliates who became MLB developmental [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty The Washington Nationals' coaching staff will look far different in 2021, with the club choosing to not retain Kevin Long and Chip Hale, according to people with [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Sept. 30-- Sep. 30--Join the conversation () Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Wednesday that changes are coming to the player development system, indicating that farm [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Sept. 07-- Sep. 7--Join the conversation () Former All-Star catcher Devin Mesoraco joined the Pitt baseball coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. He will work primarily with [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty SAN DIEGO - If there's anything that worries Dave Martinez at this moment, in the still-shining afterglow of a World Series title, it's the thought of his [...]

Rothschild, the team's pitching coach since 2011, will not return next season as the Yankees seek a new voice for their pitchers. After a 103-win season, the Yankees dismissed their [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin PHILADELPHIA - The hitting coach probably wasn't the reason the Philadelphia Phillies' hitters stopped hitting this summer, any more than the pitching coaches were the reasons for [...]

Byline: Jarrett Bell, Columnist, USA TODAY ATLANTA - Hire the best leader for today's generation. That was the impetus to the Dolphins' hiring of Brian Flores as their coach this [...]

When the Mets started the season, Manager Mickey Callaway repeatedly noted that pitching was their strength. Jacob deGrom was coming off a year that had earned him the National League [...]

George Steinbrenner sat in the living room of Buck Showalter's ranch-style home on the Florida Panhandle, roughly 10 miles from the Alabama border. Three days before, on Oct. 31, 1995, [...]

Byline: Chris AdamskiFeb. 02--The Pittsburgh Pirates exceeded most expectations in 2018, but within 24 hours of the season's completion they fired both of their hitting coaches. The result of an [...]

Byline: Chris AdamskiJan. 18--The Pittsburgh Pirates announced their minor-league managerial and coaching assignments Friday, and the most familiar name to casual fans will be the pitching coach at Double-A Altoona. [...]

Byline: Sam Fortier One day after losing their first player of the offseason, the World Series champion Washington Nationals lost their first coach. Assistant hitting coach Joe Dillon got a [...]

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers were finishing their pregame practice last week at Miller Park, going through the rote exercises teams have used forever. Pat Murphy, the Brewers' bench coach, [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Oct. 02--The off-season began with an unwelcome thud for Pittsburgh Pirates hitting coach Jeff Branson and his assistant Jeff Livesey. Both were fired Monday, a day after [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola July 11--Athletic director Heather Lyke looked within the ACC to find Pitt's next baseball coach, naming Mike Bell on Tuesday as the replacement for 21-year head coach [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY MIAMI - Andre Dawson's ownership of a funeral home has only enriched his connection to the area in which he was raised and developed the [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes On Monday morning, Baseball America released its updated top 100 prospects list for the 2018 offseason. The Washington Nationals did not have a pitcher on the list, [...]

To help fill the coaching staff of new manager Mickey Callaway, the Mets promoted Pat Roessler to make him the team's new hitting coach, a person in baseball familiar with [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes When they decided not to renew Dusty Baker's contract, the Washington Nationals guaranteed themselves an offseason of transition. But transition evolved into transformation Thursday, when pitching coach [...]