Chris Armas has been part of the New York Red Bulls coaching staff since 2015. He was among the first appointments to the club's technical staff after Jesse Marsch was installed as head coach by (at the time) sporting director Ali Curtis, and he's stuck with the team ever since.
Armas had something of a low profile for his first two seasons at RBNY - he was merely a junior assistant coach, after all - but he has been more visible this year. Depending on your perspective, this is either the entirely predictable consequence of his promotion to primary assistant coach after Denis Hamlett moved up to fill the role of sporting director, or perhaps it is gentle signaling from RBNY of its intentions for the team's future when and if Marsch moves on from the head coach's job.