The New York Yankees announced their coaching staff for the 2025 season Tuesday. Joining Yankees Manager Aaron Boone will be Bench Coach Brad Ausmus, Pitching Coach Matt Blake, Bullpen Coach Mike Harkey, Assistant Pitching Coach Preston Claiborne, Hitting Coach James Rowson, Assistant Hitting Coaches Casey Dykes and Pat Roessler, Third Base/Outfield Coach Luis Rojas, First Base/Infield Coach and Director of Infield Travis Chapman, and Major League Field Coordinator and Director of Catching Tanner Swanson.

Ausmus, 55, begins his 35th season in professional baseball, his 12th season as a Manager, Coach or front office executive, and his second as the Yankees’ Bench Coach. Prior to joining the Yankees, he served as the Oakland Athletics’ Bench Coach during the 2022 season. Ausmus managed the Los Angeles Angels in 2019 (72-90) and was a Special Assistant to Angels General Manager Billy Eppler during the 2018 season. From 2014-17, he managed the Detroit Tigers, guiding the club to a 314-332 (.486) record, which was highlighted by a 90-72 record and a postseason berth in his first season at the helm.

Immediately following his playing career, Ausmus spent three seasons (2011-13) with the San Diego Padres as a Special Assistant in Baseball Operations. He also managed Team Israel in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and was their Bench Coach in the 2023 edition of the tournament.

Widely regarded as a premier defensive catcher, Ausmus batted .251 (1,579-for-6,279) with 718R, 270 doubles, 34 triples, 80HR, 607RBI, 634BB, 102SB and a .325 on-base percentage over 18 Major League seasons with San Diego (1993-96), Detroit (1996, 1999-2000), Houston (1997-98, 2001-08) and Los Angeles-NL (2009-10). Ausmus won three Gold Glove Awards (2001-02, ’06) and ranks fourth in Major League history in putouts by a catcher (12,839) and eighth in games played as a catcher (1,938).

Born in New Haven, Conn., Ausmus graduated from Cheshire High School and was selected by the Yankees in the 48th round of the 1987 First-Year Player Draft. He opted to attend Dartmouth College but did not play baseball there, instead playing in the Yankees’ minor league system while working towards his degree, which he received in 1991. He played five seasons in the Yankees’ minor league system (1988-92), topping out at Triple-A Columbus in his final season with the organization before being selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 1992 Expansion Draft.

Blake, 39, returns for his sixth season as the Yankees’ Pitching Coach. In 2024, Yankees pitchers ranked fourth in the Majors in strikeouts (1,457, third in AL), fifth in opponents’ batting average (.233, fourth in AL), sixth in K/9.0IP (9.03, third in AL) and seventh in ERA (3.74, fifth in AL). The Yankees’ 14 shutouts were the second-most in the AL and tied for the fourth-most in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta (17), San Diego (16) and Seattle (15).

Yankees pitchers allowed 3R-or-fewer in 83 games in 2024, the third-most such games in the Majors, trailing only Atlanta (93) and Seattle (85). The club went 69-14 (.831) when allowing 3R-or-fewer.

Since joining the Major League coaching staff in 2020, Yankees pitchers rank third in the Majors in strikeouts (6,452, first in AL), fourth in opponents’ on-base percentage (.301, third in AL), WHIP (1.20, third in AL), K/9.0IP (9.25, first in AL) and opponents’ batting average (.230, second in AL), fifth in opponents’ slugging percentage (.386, second in AL), ERA (3.74, third in AL) and opponents’ OPS (.687, third in AL), seventh in K/BB (3.01, fourth in AL) and eighth in BB/9.0IP (3.07, fifth in AL).

Prior to joining the Yankees, Blake spent four seasons with Cleveland (2016-19). Blake began his time with Cleveland as the Lower Level Pitching Coordinator in 2016. From 2017-19, he served as the organization’s Assistant Director of Player Development before being promoted to Director of Pitching Development.

Blake also served seven years as the Pitching Coordinator for Cressey Sports Performance while also coaching the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League. The Concord, N.H., native pitched four seasons at the College of the Holy Cross (Mass.) and graduated in 2007 with a degree in psychology and philosophy.

Harkey, 58, returns for his 16th season as the Yankees’ Bullpen Coach, having held the position from 2008-13 before returning to the club’s coaching staff for the 2016 season. In 2024, Yankees relievers ranked sixth in the Majors in ERA (3.58, third in AL), seventh in save percentage (68.2%, fifth in AL), tied for seventh in saves (45, tied for fourth in AL), and eighth in opponents' batting average (.226, fifth in AL), opponents' slugging percentage (.371, fifth in AL) and opponents' OPS (.679, fifth in AL). The Yankees went 76-4 when leading after six innings, 84-6 when leading after seven innings and 82-5 when leading after eight innings in 2024.

The 2025 season marks his 19th on a Major League coaching staff, also serving as the Pitching Coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2014-15 and spending the 2006 season as the Bullpen Coach for the Florida Marlins. He also served as a Minor League Pitching Coach for seven seasons in the Chicago Cubs (2007) and San Diego Padres (2000-05) organizations.

The San Diego, Calif., native was the fourth overall pick of the 1987 First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago Cubs and went 36-36 with a 4.49 ERA in 131 Major League games (104 starts) with the Cubs (1988, ‘90-93), Colorado Rockies (1994), Oakland Athletics (1995), California Angels (1995) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1997).

Claiborne, 37, enters his first season as the Yankees’ Assistant Pitching Coach and his fifth as a coach in the Yankees organization. Prior to joining the club’s Major League staff, Claiborne spent four seasons as a coach in the minor leagues for the Yankees, serving as a Pitching Coach for Single-A Tampa (2024), High-A Hudson Valley (2023) and the FCL Yankees (2021-22). He was scheduled to serve as the Pitching Coach for the GCL Yankees West in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dallas, Tex., native was selected by the Yankees in the 17th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Tulane University (La.) and spent five seasons in the organization (2010-14). He made 62 Major League relief appearances with the Yankees from 2013-14, going 3-2 with a 3.79 ERA (71.1IP, 75H, 32R/30ER, 24BB, 58K, 8HR). He also made one Major League appearance with Texas in 2017.

Rowson, 48, enters his second season as the Yankees’ Hitting Coach, his 11th season on a Major League coaching staff and his 23rd season in professional coaching. The Yankees were named the American League Silver Slugger Offensive Team of the Year in 2024 after leading the Majors in home runs (237) and walks (672), ranking third in on-base percentage (.333, first in AL), runs scored (815, first in AL), runs per game (5.03, first in AL), OPS (.761, first in AL) and pitches per plate appearance (3.99, second in AL), fourth in slugging percentage (.429, second in AL), sixth in total bases (2,336, third in AL) and ninth in batting average (.248, fourth in AL), extra-base hits (495, fourth in AL) and PA/K (4.71, sixth in AL). The Yankees’ 815 runs scored were 142 more than their 2023 total (673) and their most in a season since 2019 (943). Their 672 walks were their most in a single season in the last 21 years (since 2004) and most since their 684 walks in 2003. It marked the fourth time in the last 74 years (since 1951) that the Yankees recorded as many walks in a season (718BB in 1999, 684BB in 2003 and 676BB in 1997).

Prior to rejoining the Yankees, Rowson spent the 2023 season as the Detroit Tigers’ Assistant Hitting Coach after serving as the Bench Coach for the Miami Marlins from 2020-22. He also served as the Hitting Coach for the Minnesota Twins from 2017-19.

The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native also spent nine years in the Yankees organization from 2006-11 and 2014-16, serving as the Minor League Hitting Coordinator in seven of those seasons (2008-11, ’14-16). He was also the Hitting Coach for Single-A Tampa from 2006-07. In between his stints with the Yankees, Rowson spent two seasons with the Chicago Cubs organization (2012-13), originally serving as their Minor League Hitting Coordinator before being named the Cubs’ Major League Hitting Coach in June 2012.

Rowson began his coaching career with the Los Angeles Angels organization, spending four years as a Minor League Hitting Coach with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga (2004-05), Single-A Cedar Rapids (2003) and Rookie-level Provo (2002).

He was originally selected by the Seattle Mariners in the ninth round of the 1994 First-Year Player Draft out of Mount St. Michael High School in the Bronx. The former outfielder played three minor league seasons with the Mariners (1995-96) and Yankees (1997) before playing in the Independent Heartland League in 1998.

Dykes, 34, enters his fourth season as an Assistant Hitting Coach for the Yankees. Prior to joining the club’s Major League coaching staff, he served as the Hitting Coach for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2021. Dykes had been assigned to serve as the Hitting Coach for the Yankees’ Double-A Trenton affiliate in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to joining the Yankees, he spent one season (2019) as the Hitting Coach at Indiana University, where the Hoosiers won the Big Ten regular season championship and led all of Division I in home runs during the regular season. He also served as Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Virginia Military Institute from 2015-18. Dykes began his coaching career as an Assistant at his alma mater, Western Kentucky, from 2013-14. He played four seasons at Western Kentucky (2009-12), graduating with a bachelor’s degree in sport management before completing his master’s in athletic administration in 2014.

Roessler, 65, enters his second season as the Yankees’ Assistant Hitting Coach. The 2025 season will also mark Roessler’s 14th year with the Yankees (also 2004-14, ’19) and 38th season in professional baseball. In 2019, he was a Player Development Advisor for the Yankees after serving as the organization’s Director of Player Development from September 2004 through the end of the 2014 season. Additionally, he was the organization’s Field Coordinator from September 2004 through the 2013 season and served as the club’s Hitting Coordinator in 2005, ’12 and ’13. For the second half of the 2006 season, Roessler also managed Single-A Charleston.

Prior to rejoining the Yankees, Roessler spent four seasons (2020-23) as the Assistant Hitting Coach for the Washington Nationals. In between his previous two stints with the Yankees, he spent four seasons with the Mets (2015-18), serving as their Assistant Hitting Coach from 2015-17 before being promoted to Hitting Coach for the 2018 season.

Prior to joining the Yankees, Roessler was the Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the Houston Astros from 2002-04. From 2000-01, he was the Major League Hitting Coach for the Montreal Expos after serving as the organization’s Minor League Hitting Coordinator from 1995-97. In between stints with the Expos, Roessler was the Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1998-99.

He also worked for the Chicago White Sox organization from 1988-94. Roessler was the organization’s Roving Hitting Instructor in 1988 before serving as the Hitting Coach for Single-A Sarasota in 1989 and ’93, Double-A Birmingham from 1990-92 and Single-A South Bend in 1994.

Roessler began his coaching career with Old Dominion University (Va.), serving as the Assistant Baseball Coach from 1983-88.

The Phoenix, Ariz., native received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Arizona in 1983 and a master’s degree in sport management from Old Dominion in 1987. He played baseball at the University of Arizona and was a member of the 1980 College World Series championship team.

Rojas, 43, enters his fourth season as the Yankees’ Third Base and Outfield Coach. Prior to joining the Yankees, Rojas spent 16 years with the New York Mets organization (2006-21), including two seasons as the club’s Manager (2020-21). During that span, the Mets went 103-119 (.464) in 222 games.

Rojas was the sixth Dominican-born Manager in Major League history. His father, Felipe Alou, was the first when he managed the Montreal Expos (1992-2001) and San Francisco Giants (2003-06) after his 17-season Major League career. Luis and Felipe were the sixth father-son duo to both serve as Major League Managers, joining Buddy and David Bell, Aaron and Bob Boone, Connie and Earle Mack, George and Dick Sisler, and Bob and Joel Skinner. His brother, Moises Alou, also played 17 seasons in the Majors with seven different teams.

In 2019, Rojas served as the Mets’ Major League Quality Control Coach. Prior to joining the Mets’ Major League staff, Rojas managed Double-A Binghamton (2017-18), Single-A St. Lucie (2015-16), Single-A Savannah (2012-14) and the GCL Mets (2011). Rojas also served as a Minor League Coach for Single-A Savannah in 2010 and held the same role for the GCL Mets from 2008-09. He spent his first full season in the Mets organization in 2007 with the Dominican Summer League team after joining the organization in 2006.

Rojas has also served as the General Manager for Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League for the past three seasons after managing the club for three years from 2015-18, leading them to a championship in 2015-16. He also managed the Dominican Republic National Team in the WBSC Premier12 tournament in 2019.

During his playing career, Rojas spent time in the minor league systems of the Baltimore Orioles (2000), Florida Marlins (2001-02) and Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2003-05).

Chapman, 46, enters his fourth season as the club’s First Base and Infield Coach and his 13th in the Yankees organization. He also enters his fourth season as the organization’s Director of Infield. Prior to joining the Major League coaching staff, he served as the Yankees’ Minor League Infield Coordinator in 2021 after spending the 2020 season coaching at the Alternate Site as the Assistant Infield Coordinator. Chapman had been assigned to serve as the Manager for the GCL Yankees in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to that, he spent four seasons as a Defensive Coach for Single-A Charleston (2015-16, ’19) and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (2018). In 2017, he managed the DSL Yankees. Chapman made his minor league managerial debut in 2014 with the GCL Yankees 1 after making his professional coaching debut in 2013 as a coach for the GCL Yankees 2. He was also an Assistant Coach for the 18U USA National team in 2012 that won a gold medal in Seoul, South Korea.

The Jacksonville, Fla., native was originally selected by the Phillies in the 17th round of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft out of Mississippi State University and made his Major League debut with the club in 2003. He played in 506 combined minor league games over seven seasons with the Philadelphia (2000-03), Kansas City (2004), Cincinnati (2005) and Pittsburgh (2006) organizations, hitting .286 (507-for-1,771) with 227R, 117 doubles, 5 triples, 41HR, 286RBI and 185BB.

Swanson, 42, enters his sixth season as the Yankees’ Director of Catching and his second as the club’s Major League Field Coordinator. According to FanGraphs, Yankees catchers led the Majors with 21 defensive runs saved in 2024, seven more than the next teams (Cleveland & San Francisco: 14). According to Baseball Savant, Yankees catchers also led the Majors last season with 22 catcher framing runs, tied for second in catcher blocking runs (three), ranked third in blocks above average (13) and fourth in strike rate (49.2%).

He previously served as the club’s Quality Control/Catching Coach and Director of Catching from 2020-23. Prior to joining the Yankees, he spent two seasons (2018-19) as the Minnesota Twins’ Minor League Catching Coordinator.

The Seattle, Wash., native spent nine seasons at various levels of collegiate baseball, including a five-year stint as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at the University of Washington (2013-17), where he also briefly served as the school’s Director of Baseball Operations for one season (2012). During his tenure as a coach at Washington, his catchers garnered three All-Pac-12 Conference selections, with two also being selected in the first three rounds of the First-Year Player Draft. He also served as Head Coach at Green River Community College (Wash.) in 2011.

Swanson was a lecturer in the School of Physical Education and School Health, while also serving as an Assistant Coach at his alma mater, Central Washington University, in 2010. In 2009, he was an Assistant at Everett Community College (Wash.), and in 2008, he taught and coached baseball at Sultan High School.