Who are the Arizona Diamondbacks Coaching Staff?

Learn your Arizona Diamondbacks Coaching Staff!

Since this site is relaunching, I thought we would make sure we get articles that cover all the basics of the Arizona Diamondbacks. This is the first in a series of articles that will cover the Arizona Diamondbacks and share fun facts, coaching staff, the stadium, and other various fun articles that go in-depth on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

I thought I would start off with the coaching staff since it underwent changes earlier this season and so everyone knows who to look at for when a facet of our team is struggling.

Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Torey Lovullo

Torey has been manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks since the beginning of the 2017 season. He was hired as manager after serving as bench coach of the Boston Red Sox for years prior. He also worked with the GM Mike Hazen during his time on Red Sox before Hazen came to the Diamondbacks. Torey led the team to the NL Divisional Round of the 2017 playoffs and won the NL Manager of the Year award. Torey played briefly in the Major Leagues and Minor Leagues during the 1990’s. He also played in Japan during the 2000 season. He is a proud UCLA alum. He’s known as a player’s first manager. He seeks to have meaningful connections with the players to get the best out of them. He is a calm manager that brings a more tender leadership to the Diamondbacks. Torey is often seen working with the players. He’s a hands on manager rather than hands off.

Fun facts about Torey: He is a massive Christmas and Christmas Lights lover. He is known for the dazzling display of lights that he adorns upon his house every year. He also makes a March Madness bracket every year. 

Arizona Diamondbacks Co-Hitting Coaches Rick Short & Drew Hedman

Rick Short: Rick became a Co-Hitting Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks following the dismissal of prior hitting coaches Darnell Coles and Eric Hinske. He had been the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks Triple-AAA minor league team, the Reno Aces. The Aces had gotten off to a terrific hitting start of the season. This helped the Diamondbacks promote him up to the big leagues. Rick has been with the club since the 2010 season, serving previously as a scout, Rookie Advanced, Single-A, and Double-A hitting coaches the respective teams. Rick played in the Minor Leagues and/or Japan for 16 seasons. He made it to the Majors for part of the 2005 season with the Washington Nationals.

Fun Fact: Rick played from 2007-09 with the Golden Eagles in the NPB League, and on that team, he played with Hisashi Iwakuma, former Seattle Mariners standout pitcher.

Drew Hedman: Drew became a Co-Hitting Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks at the same time as Rick Short. Drew was the Arizona Diamondbacks Run-Production Coordinator for the team prior to becoming the hitting coach. He focuses on game-planning and analytics. He has been with the Diamondbacks since 2018. He played for four seasons in the Red Sox Minor Leagues during the mid-2000’s.

Fun Facts: He coached at Vanderbilt in 2013 and was accepted to MIT at one point in life.

Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Coach Matt Herges

Matt Herges has been the Pitching Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks since the beginning of the 2020 season. He had been the Bullpen coach for the San Francisco Giants since 2018. He is a former MLB relief pitcher who played for 12 years in the Majors across 8 teams. He actually played for the Arizona Diamondbacks during a disastrous period of two weeks. He had a career 3.91 ERA during his time in the bigs. He did admit to using steroids in his career after being named in the Mitchell Report. He says he regrets taking  them.

Fun Fact: He played for every single team in the NL West during his career. 

Who are the Arizona Diamondbacks Asst. Coaches?

Robby Hammock-Catching/Quality Control Coach: Robby has been with the Arizona Diamondbacks since he was drafted by them in 1998. He reached the Majors for them in 2003 and played in parts of four seasons with the Diamondbacks. He has been coaching in the Majors since 2017 serving in the same role has currently. He retired following the 2011 season and became coach immediately after. He served as manager of multiple Minor League teams for the Diamondbacks before his current gig. He is known for his smile and great attitude.

Fun Fact: He caught Randy Johnson’s Perfect Game in 2004 in Atlanta against the Braves. It is the only Perfect Game in Arizona Diamondbacks history. 

Luis Urueta-Bench Coach: Luis has been with the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2017. He moved up the ranks starting as just a “coach” before obtaining the Bench Coach role after Jerry Narron left at the end of the 2019 season. Luis is beloved by Torey and the organization as he has spent 19 years with the team. These years were spent as either a player or coach. He is seen as a rising star in the coaching world after interviewing for both the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Manager position.

Fun Fact: He managed the Columbia National Team in the World Baseball Classic.

Dave McKay- 1st Base Coach: Dave is widely recognized as one of the best coaches in the MLB. He is considered an outfielders coach specialist. He has been with the Arizona Diamondbacks since 2017 and is currently recuperating from a fall this spring training. He suffered broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. He has been apart of the MLB in some fashion since 1975. He has won three World Series as a coach, most recently with Tony La Russa and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Fun Fact: David Peralta credits Dave McKay for his win of the Golden Glove in 2019.