The Rangers officially announced their coaching staff for next season today, including the additions of bench coach Luis Urueta, assistant coach Dave Bush, bullpen coach Jordan Tiegs and hitting coach Justin Viele.
Urueta, 43, served as the Marlins’ bench coach under Skip Schumaker and also held a bench position with the Diamondbacks prior to his time in Miami. The Rangers hired Schumaker as a senior adviser to president of baseball Chris Young earlier this month, and at the time it was reported that Urueta was expected to be named the bench coach for manager Bruce Bochy. In addition to his time as a bench coach in Miami and Arizona, Urueta spent more than a decade coaching and managing in the D-backs’ minor league program.
Bush, 45, was the Red Sox’s hitting coach from 2020-23 and joined the Rangers as the organization’s director of hitting strategy in January. He worked with the coaching staff and front office in that role, and Bush even stepped in as interim head coach during the 2024 season when pitching coach Mike Maddux was away from the club.
Tiegs, 37, will be working for the league’s coaching staff for the first time but has been in the Rangers organization for six years. He has been a head coach at several minor league levels and worked with the Rangers’ player development staff as the team’s minor league coordinator. He also coached college football at two different schools in his hometown of Indiana (University of Indianapolis and Indiana State University).
Viele’s hiring was first reported on Nov. 1. The 34-year-old was a former Giants assistant hitting coach and joined current Rangers coordinator Donnie Ecker on San Francisco’s 2020-21 staff.
Bochy will be returning to the Rangers for a third year as manager. In addition to Urueta, Bush, Viele and Tiegs, the Rangers will welcome back Ecker, first base coach Corey Ragsdale, third base coach Tony Beasley, hitting coach Bobby Wilson, assistant hitting coach Seth Conner and pitching coach Brett Hayes.
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