Dodgers finalize Roberts' coaching staff
The World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have officially revealed their 2025 Major League coaching staff under manager Dave Roberts, featuring evolved roles for Dino Ebel, Brandon McDaniel and Chris Woodward.
Ebel, 58, begins his seventh season as the Dodgers’ third-base coach with a focus on coaching outfielders during the season. McDaniel, 41, the Dodgers’ Vice President of Player Performance, officially joins the coaching staff as Major League Development Integration Coach. He is entering his 13th season at the Major League level for the Dodgers.
As previously announced, Woodward, 48, takes over as first-base coach and infield coaching specialist, after spending last season as a Dodgers senior advisor to Major League and Player Development. He succeeds Clayton McCullough, who became the manager of the Miami Marlins during the offseason. This is Woodward’s second stint on the coaching staff, having served as the Dodgers’ third-base coach from 2016-2018.
Several returnees round out the Dodger coaching staff:
- Danny Lehmann, 39, begins his third season as the club’s bench coach and eighth season overall, having previously been the game planning and communications coach.
- Bob Geren, 63, hired by the team shortly after Roberts, enters his 10th season overall and third as Major League field coordinator, after seven years as the team’s bench coach (2016-22).
- Mark Prior, 44, enters his sixth season as Dodger pitching coach and eighth with the organization, after serving as the team’s bullpen coach in 2018 and 2019.
- Robert Van Scoyoc, 38, begins his seventh season as hitting coach.
- Aaron Bates, 40, is starting his seventh season on the Dodger coaching staff and third as hitting coach, after spending four years as the assistant hitting coach (2019-22).
- Connor McGuiness, 35, enters his sixth season as assistant pitching coach.
- Josh Bard, 46, commences his eighth season as bullpen coach, including the most recent six years (2016-17, 2020-).