In Ron Washington's vacancy, Chip Hale will be returning to the Oakland A's to coach third-base.
“We’re thrilled to bring Chip back to the organization and to retain the rest of our coaching staff,” said A’s GM David Forst. #GreenCollar pic.twitter.com/tqSkQDU44C
— Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) October 18, 2016
Hale was the A's bench coach during the 2012-2014 playoff run. He has a long history with Bob Melvin, previously working with him in Arizona during Melvin's first managerial stint.
Most recently, Hale was fired as a manager of those same Diamondbacks along with GM Dave Stewart.