# 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
* Billy Consolo: 1979–1992
* Glenn Ezell: 1996
* Larry Parrish: 1997–1998
* Bob Melvin: 2000
* Doug Mansolino: 2001
* Felipe Alou: 2002
* Luis Pujols: 2002
* Kirk Gibson: 2003–2005
* Gene Lamont: 2013–2017
* Steve Liddle: 2018–2019
* Lloyd McClendon: 2020
* George Lombard: 2021–2023

## Hitting Coach

* Billy Hitchcock: 1957
* Gates Brown: 1978–1984
* Vada Pinson: 1985–1991
* Larry Herndon: 1992–1998
* Toby Harrah: 1998
* Alan Trammell: 1999
* Bill Madlock: 2000–2001
* Merv Rettenmund: 2002
* Bruce Fields: 2003–2005
* Don Slaught: 2006
* Lloyd McClendon: 2007–2013
* Wally Joyner: 2014–2016
* Lloyd McClendon: 2017–2019
* Joe Vavra: 2020
* Scott Coolbaugh: 2021–2022
* Keith Beauregard: 2023
* Michael Brdar: 2023

## Pitching Coach

* Willis Hudlin: 1957–1959
* Tom Ferrick: 1960–1963
* Stubby Overmire: 1963–1966
* Johnny Sain: 1967–1969
* Ted Kazanski: 1969
* Mike Roarke: 1970
* Art Fowler: 1971–1973
* Cot Deal: 1973–1974
* Steve Hamilton: 1975
* Fred Gladding: 1976–1978
* Johnny Grodzicki: 1979
* Roger Craig: 1980–1984
* Billy Muffett: 1985–1994
* Ralph Treuel: 1995
* Jon Matlack: 1996
* Rick Adair: 1996–1999
* Dan Warthen: 1999–2002
* Steve McCatty: 2002
* Bob Cluck: 2003–2005
* Chuck Hernandez: 2006–2008
* Rick Knapp: 2009–2011
* Jeff Jones: 2011–2015
* Rich Dubee: 2016–2017
* Chris Bosio: 2018 – June 26, 2018
* Rick Anderson: June 27, 2018 – 2020
* Chris Fetter: 2021–2023

## First Base Coach

* Schoolboy Rowe: 1954–1955
* Don Lund: 1957
* Tommy Henrich: 1958–1959
* Luke Appling: 1960
* Don Heffner: 1961
* Phil Cavarretta: 1962–1963
* Pat Mullin: 1963–1966
* Wally Moses: 1967–1970
* Frank Skaff: 1971:
* Dick Tracewski: 1972–1978
* Gates Brown: 1979
* Dick Tracewski: 1980–1991
* Gene Roof: 1992–1995
* Ron Oester: 1996
* Jerry White: 1997–1998
* Juan Samuel: 1999–2002
* Rafael Landestoy: 2002
* Mick Kelleher: 2003–2005
* Andy Van Slyke: 2006–2009
* Tom Brookens: 2010–2012
* Rafael Belliard: 2013
* Omar Vizquel: 2014–2017
* Ramón Santiago: 2018–2019
* Dave Clark: 2020
* Ramón Santiago: 2021 – July 16, 2021
* Kimera Bartee: July 17, 2021 – December 20, 2021
* Gary Jones: 2022

## Third Base Coach

* Billy Hitchcock: 1955–1960
* Phil Cavarretta: 1961
* George Myatt: 1962–1963
* Bob Swift: 1963–1966
* Frank Skaff: 1966
* Tony Cuccinello: 1967–1968
* Grover Resinger: 1969–1970
* Joe Schultz Jr.: 1971–1976
* Fred Hatfield: 1977–1978
* Dick Tracewski: 1979
* Alex Grammas: 1980–1991
* Dick Tracewski: 1992–1995
* Terry Francona: 1996
* Perry Hill: 1997–1999
* Doug Mansolino: 2000
* Lance Parrish: 2001
* Doug Mansolino: 2002
* Juan Samuel: 2002–2005
* Gene Lamont: 2006–2012
* Tom Brookens: 2013
* Dave Clark: 2014–2019
* Ramón Santiago: 2020
* Chip Hale: 2021 – July 5, 2021
* Ramón Santiago: July 17, 2021 – 2022

## Bullpen Coach

* Mike Roarke: 1965–1966
* Hal Naragon: 1967–1969
* Len Okrie: 1970
* Charlie Silvera: 1971–1973
* Jim Hegan: 1974–1978
* Dan Whitmer: 1992–1994
* Jeff Jones: 1995
* Fred Kendall: 1996–1998
* Jeff Jones: 1999–2000
* Ed Ott: 2001–2002
* Jeff Jones: 2002
* Lance Parrish: 2003–2005
* Lloyd McClendon: 2006
* Jeff Jones: 2007–2011
* Mike Rojas: 2011–2013
* Mick Billmeyer: 2014–2017
* Rick Anderson: 2018 – June 26, 2018
* A. J. Sager: June 27, 2018 – 2019
* Jeff Pico: 2019–2020

## Others

* Rafael Belliard: 2006–2009 (infield coach)
* Darnell Coles: 2014 (assistant hitting coach)
* David Newhan: 2015–2016 (assistant hitting coach)
* Leon Durham: 2017 (assistant hitting coach)
* Omar Vizquel: 2017 (infield/base running coach)
* Phil Clark: 2018–2020 (assistant hitting coach)
* Joe Vavra: 2018–2019 (quality control coach)
* Josh Paul: 2020–2021 (quality control coach)
* Juan Nieves: 2021–2022 (assistant pitching coach)
* José Cruz Jr.: 2021 (assistant hitting coach)
* Mike Hessman: 2021–2022 (assistant hitting coach)
* Robin Lund: 2023 (assistant pitching coach)
* James Rowson: 2023 (assistant hitting coach)