Dan Hubbs

Daniel William Hubbs

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• School University of Southern California
• High School Kentridge High School

• Born January 23, 1971 in Bellevue, WA USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Dan Hubbs was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 16th round of the 1993 amateur draft out of the University of Southern California. He played in the Dodgers' organization from 1993 to 1998, the last three seasons being with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. He was largely a relief pitcher and went 7-1, 4.76 in 49 games for Albuquerque in 1996, but never made it to the Show. After being let go by the Dodgers, he pitched 3 games for the Reading Phillies, the AA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies in the AA Eastern League, but that was the end of his playing career.

Hubbs started the 1998 season pitching for Albuquerque before a shoulder injury ended his season. After surgery, he joined the short-season Yakima Bears as their pitching coach. He gained further coaching experience volunteering with the Pepperdine University Waves in 1999. Hubbs moved into coaching full-time in July, 1999 when the University of California hired him as an assistant coach where he stayed through the 2011 season. He then went back to his alma mater, USC, where he was associate head coach and pitching coach for two years. He took over as head coach of the Trojans in February, 2013 and remained in that position through the 2019 season. The Trojans let Hubbs go after four straight seasons of not making it to the NCAA tournament. At the end of 2019, the Detroit Tigers hired Hubbs for the position of director of pitching development and strategies. Hubbs stayed with the Tigers until late 2021.

In early 2023, he moved to the Oakland Athletics as minor league pitching development coach, then was promoted to major league bullpen coach for the 2024 season. In explaining the promotion, A's manager Mark Kotsay stated that “I thought Dan did an unbelievable job this year throughout the Minor League system with building relationships with young pitchers ... combining both the coaching aspect from a subjective standpoint and also an objective standpoint by utilizing data and the biomechanics side and incorporating that in his teachings."[1]