Dustin Lind
| Dustin Lind | |
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| Philadelphia Phillies – No. 92 | |
| Coach | |
| Born: Florence, Montana | |
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Dustin Lind is an American
Early life and education
Lind's hometown is Florence, Montana, population 765.[1][2] He attended Florence-Carlton High School in Florence, Montana, graduating in 2007.[3][4] As a junior for the Bitterroot Bucs American Legion team, he batted .401 with 53 RBIs, and was named the Northwest Regional MVP.[5]
Lind attended
Coaching career
From 2014 to 2017, Lind worked as an independent hitting consultant working with MLB and minor league players.
Lind was hired by the Seattle Mariners and served as a minor league quality assurance coach in 2018.[6] In 2019, he worked as the Mariners director of hitting development and strategies on the major league coaching staff, working with hitters, hitting coaches, and analysts to optimize hitting development and performance.[6][4]
On December 11, 2019, Lind was hired by the San Francisco Giants as their director of hitting and assistant hitting coach.[6]
On November 10, 2023, the Giants announced that Lind would not be returning for the 2024 season.[10]
References
- ^ "2020 Coaching Staff — Part I". April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Dustin Lind - Baseball". Montana State University Billings Athletics.
- ^ "Jacket baseball adds 3 Montanans". Billings Gazette. July 31, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ a b https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2019%20Seattle%20Mariners%20Media%20Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Yellowjacket Archives - News". www.msubillings.edu.
- ^ a b c d e f g "SFGiants Add Eight To Coaching Staff". MLB.com. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Michael H. O'Donnell (December 27, 2013). "Couple spend their first Christmas away from home". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ State, Idaho (October 1, 2019). "2019 Idaho State University Homecoming award recipients announced; Alumni Recognition Dinner set Oct. 11". idahostatejournal.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- ^ Idaho State University (October 1, 2019). "2019 Idaho State University Homecoming award recipients announced". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Wirth, Taylor (November 10, 2023). "Giants announced Melvin's coaching staff for 2024 MLB season". nbcsportsbayarea.com. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
External links
- Montana State Billings Yellowjackets bio
- "Dustin Lind Interview," January 9, 2018