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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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57. "Luke Appling". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
58. "Don Heffner". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
59. "Phil Cavarretta". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
60. "Pat Mullin". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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65. "Ron Oester". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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68. "Rafael Landestoy". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
69. "Mick Kelleher". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
70. "Andy Van Slyke". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
71. "Tom Brookens". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
72. "Rafael Belliard". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
73. "Omar Vizquel". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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79. "Bob Swift". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
80. "Tony Cuccinello". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
81. "Grover Resinger". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
82. "Joe Schultz". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
83. "Fred Hatfield". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
84. "Alex Grammas". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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86. "Perry Hill". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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93. "Dan Whitmer". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
94. "Fred Kendall". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
95. "Ed Ott". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
96. "Mike Rojas". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
97. "Mick Billmeyer". retrosheet.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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