Red Sox tab Will Venable as bench coach in Cora's return

November 19, 2020 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 20, 2020 10:47 pm

Then-Cubs first base coach Will Venable watches from the dugout in the fourth inning of a Aug. 21, 2018 game against the Tigers in Detroit. Boston has hired Venable to be a bench coach on manager Alex Cora's staff. Venable spent the last three seasons with the Cubs as a first-and third-base coach after a 12-year career as a major league outfielder, mostly with San Diego. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)

Boston — The Boston Red Sox have hired Will Venable to be a bench coach on manager Alex Cora’s staff.

Venable spent the last three seasons with the Cubs as a first- and third-base coach after a 12-year career as a major league outfielder, mostly with the San Diego Padres. Venable, whose father, Max, also spent a dozen years in the majors, played basketball and baseball at Princeton.

The Red Sox also said that Jason Varitek has been named game planning coordinator, Ramón Vázquez will be the quality control coach and interpreter, and Kevin Walker has been named bullpen coach.

Picthing coach Dave Bush, hitting coach Tim Hyers, assistant hitting coach Peter Fatse, first-base coach Tom Goodwin and third-base coach Carlos Febles will be back in their previous roles.

Cora is returning to the dugout after serving a one-season suspension for his role in the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scheme. Ron Roenicke managed the team to a last-place finish in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.

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