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The Top 100 coaches most likely to become MLB managers

By Noah Yingling

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the dugout before his last game as Giants manager, the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on September 29, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the dugout before his last game as Giants manager, the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on September 29, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Sep 26, 2021; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Miami Marlins first baseman Lewin Diaz (68) is congratulated by third base coach Trey Hillman (88) as he hits a home run during the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

33) Trey Hillman

For the last three seasons, Trey Hillman was on the Miami Marlins coaching staff, first as a first base coach and then, in 2021, Hillman was their third base coach but he won’t be with them in 2022 as he left the Marlins to “pursue other opportunities.” That opportunity came with the Angels as he recently joined them as a member of their player development staff.

Hillman, 59, has been involved in coaching in the minor leagues, majors, or overseas since 1989. He was a coach in Single-A for the Yankees in 1989 before becoming a minor league manager at the young age of 27. He worked up the ranks as a manager for the Yankees for more than a decade as he managed one season in Short-Season A (1990), four in Single-A (1991-1992, 1994-1995), two in Advanced-A (1993, 1996), two at Double-A (1997-1998), and three at Triple-A (1999-2001).

He then became the Director of Player Development for the Texas Rangers in 2002 before going overseas. He managed the Nippon Ham Fighters in Tokyo, Japan from 2003 through 2007. He came back stateside in 2008 when the Kansas City Royals hired him to be their manager. He was fired in May 2010, though.

From there, he became the bench coach when Don Mattingly was with the Dodgers from 2011-2013 before Hillman became a special assistant for the Yankees in 2014. The Astros hired him to be their bench coach in 2015 and he was there for two seasons before he went make overseas to manage. He was the manager for the SK Wyverns in South Korea before he came back to join Mattingly’s staff in Miami.

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