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Alyssa Nakken makes history, becomes first woman on an MLB coaching staff

The Giants finished off their major league coaching staff announcements today in historic fashion. Alyssa Nakken becomes the first woman to coach at the major league level. She’ll join eleven other coaches on Gabe Kapler’s inaugural Giants staff as a “Major League Assistant Coach”.

That position, per the Giants’ press release, involves “assisting the rest of the coaching staff on the field” and “fostering a clubhouse culture that promotes high performance through, among other attributes, a deep sense of collaboration and team.”

Along with Nakken, named Salem-Keizer’s manager, Mark Hallberg, as another Major League Assistant coach.