Jerry Narron

Jerry Austin Narron

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
• High School Goldsboro High School
• Debut April 13, 1979
• Final Game October 2, 1987
• Born January 15, 1956 in Goldsboro, NC USA

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Biographical Information

After his playing career ended, catcher Jerry Narron managed in the minors with the 1989 Frederick Keys, 1990-1991 Hagerstown Suns and 1992 Rochester Red Wings. He was a Baltimore Orioles coach under skipper Johnny Oates in 1993 and 1994. He followed Oates to the Texas Rangers in 1995 and replaced him as the club's manager in 2001. After a season and a half at the helm of the Rangers, he was a Boston Red Sox coach in 2003.

Narron joined the Cincinnati Reds staff in 2004 and replaced Dave Miley as manager on June 21, 2005. On July 1, 2007, he was fired, as the Reds skipper after he had led them to a mediocre 31-51 record, good for last place in the NL Central division. He was replaced by Pete Mackanin. In 2011, he was back in the majors as bench coach of the Milwaukee Brewers under new manager Ron Roenicke, staying until the end of the 2015 season.

Narron is the nephew of former big leaguer Sam Narron and the uncle of pitcher Sam Narron. Additionally, his brother John Narron was a minor league 1B in 1974-1975 and a major league coach, and his uncle Milton Narron was a minor league C/OF from 1946-1951. His son, Connor Narron, began his pro career in 2010.

He coached for the Israeli national team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. In April 2017 he took over as bench coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks on an interim basis while Ron Gardenhire underwent surgery for prostate cancer. In 2018, after Gardenhire was named as manager of the Detroit Tigers, he succeeded him as bench coach on a permanent basis. In 2020, he joined the Boston Red Sox as bench coach just before spring training, after bench coach Ron Roenicke was named interim manager in the wake of the sign-stealing scandal that had led to manager Alex Cora's firing, but he stayed for only that season.

In 2024, he was named catching coach of the Los Angeles Angels.

Preceded by Johnny Oates

Texas Rangers Manager 2001-2002

Succeeded by Buck Showalter

Preceded by Dave Miley

Cincinnati Reds Manager 2005-2007

Succeeded by Pete Mackanin

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1989	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	73-65	3rd	Baltimore Orioles
1990	Hagerstown Suns	Eastern League	67-71	6th	Baltimore Orioles
1991	Hagerstown Suns	Eastern League	81-59	2nd	Baltimore Orioles	Lost in 1st round
1992	Rochester Red Wings	International League	70-74	5th	Baltimore Orioles
2001	Texas Rangers	American League	62-72	4th	Texas Rangers		replaced Johnny Oates (11-17) on May 4
2002	Texas Rangers	American League	72-90	4th	Texas Rangers
2005	Cincinnati Reds	National League	46-46	5th	Cincinnati Reds		replaced Dave Miley (27-43) on June 21
2006	Cincinnati Reds	National League	80-82	3rd	Cincinnati Reds
2007	Cincinnati Reds	National League	31-51	--	Cincinnati Reds		replaced by Pete Mackanin on July 1

Related Sites

• BR Manager page