The Top 100 coaches most likely to become MLB managers

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Darnell Coles, Washington Nationals, MLB coaching staffs, MLB managers

Jun 8, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Arizona Diamondbacks hitting coach Darnell Coles (11) looks on against the Toronto Blue Jays from the dugout at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports /

64) Darnell Coles

Darnell Coles is going to be the new hitting coach for the Washington Nationals in 2022 after he was fired by Arizona in June 2021. He will be returning to the Nats, where he used to manage and coach in the minors.

Coles, 59, spent part of 14 seasons in the majors as well as two seasons in Japan, retiring after the 1997 season. He started coaching for Seattle (the main MLB team he played with) in 2000 as their minor league hitting coordinator but after one season, he left to join ESPN as a baseball analyst through early 2006.

In 2006, he got back into coaching with Washington as a roving minor league hitting instructor before becoming a minor league manager for them. He managed at Short-Season A in 2007 and Single-A in 2008. He was their Triple-A hitting coach in 2009 before joining Milwaukee in 2010. He was their minor league hitting coordinator in 2010 for two season. In 2012, he became their Double-A manager before he accepted an assistant hitting coach job with Detroit for the 2014 season.

He rejoined Milwaukee in 2015 as their head MLB hitting coach and served in that position until he joined the D-Backs as their head hitting coach in 2019.

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