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Brian McCann, Andy Pettitte Among Stars on Team USA's World Baseball Classic Staff

From Matt Holliday and Brian McCann to Andy Pettitte and Michael Young, there are plenty of recognizable faces who will be in the dugout with Team USA at the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA; New York Yankees former pitcher Andy Pettitte against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
Phoenix, Arizona, USA; New York Yankees former pitcher Andy Pettitte against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

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Mark DeRosa, fresh off getting named Team USA's manager for the second World Baseball Classic in a row, has settled on his coaching staff for the 2026 tournament.

USA Baseball announced Friday that Brian McCann, Michael Young and Fredi González would serve as assistant managers for Team USA. Andy Pettitte will be the Americans' pitching coach, while David Ross will be their bullpen coach and Matt Holliday will be their hitting coach.

Skip Schumaker was named Team USA's bench coach. George Lombard and Dino Ebel will be the first and third base coaches, respectively.

Pettitte and Ebel are returning from the 2023 WBC staff, while everyone else is new. Bench coach Jerry Manuel, hitting coach Ken Griffey Jr., first base coach Lou Collier and bullpen coach Dave Righetti did not return.

McCann, Holliday and Young each made seven All-Star appearances in their respective big league careers. Pettitte only made three with the New York Yankees, but he did win five World Series championships in the Bronx.

Schumaker and Ross previously managed the Miami Marlins and Chicago Cubs, respectively. González spent the past five seasons as the Baltimore Orioles' bench coach, while Ebel is in his seventh season as the Los Angeles Dodgers' third base coach. Lombard was the Dodgers' first base coach before heading over to the Detroit Tigers in 2021.

The United States will go through pool play for the 2026 World Baseball Classic between March 6 and 11 next spring, taking on Mexico, Great Britain, Italy and Brazil in Houston. Their potential quarterfinal contest would also be in Houston, while the semifinals and championship are slated to be played in Miami.

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Sam Connon is a staff writer covering baseball for “Fastball on SI.’’ He previously covered UCLA Athletics for On SI’s All Bruins site, and is a UCLA graduate, with his work there as a sports columnist receiving awards from the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon also wrote for On SI’s New England Patriots site, Patriots Country, and he was on the Patriots and Boston Red Sox beats at Prime Time Sports Talk. Sam lives in Boston.

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