| Tim Cossins | |
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| Baltimore Orioles – No. 70 | |
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| Born: (1970-03-31)March 31, 1970 (age 54) Sonoma, California, U.S. | |
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Timothy Carter Cossins (/ˈkʌzɪns/KUH-zins;[1] born March 31, 1970)[2] is an American professionalbaseballcoach for theBaltimore Orioles ofMajor League Baseball.[3]
Cossins graduated fromSanta Rosa High School inSanta Rosa, California.[4] He attendedSanta Rosa Junior College,[5] and transferred to theUniversity of Oklahoma and playedcollege baseball for theOklahoma Sooners.[6] ThePittsburgh Pirates selected Cossins in the 45th round of the1992 MLB draft, but he did not sign with Pittsburgh, returning to Oklahoma.[7] TheTexas Rangers selected him in the 16th round of the1993 MLB draft.[8] He played inMinor League Baseball through 2000. After his playing career, he worked for theMiami Marlins as a minor leaguemanager for four years, and then became the Marlins' minor league catching coordinator in 2007. He was hired by theChicago Cubs after the 2012 season to be their minor league field coordinator, succeedingBrandon Hyde, who was promoted to be the Cubs' director of player development.[9]
TheBaltimore Orioles hired Cossins from the Cubs after the 2018 season to join Hyde's coaching staff.[10][11] He will serve as a major league field coordinator and catching instructor.[12]
Cossins lives inSanta Rosa, California. He and his wife have a son who served as avolunteer firefighter during theOctober 2017 Northern California wildfires.[13]
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