Don Long, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1962
Place of Birth: Bremerton, Washington, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Don Long
- Donald Thomas Long (born March 17, 1962) is an American professional baseball coach.
- He has been the Baltimore Orioles' hitting coach on manager Brandon Hyde's staff since January 2019.
- It will be Long's ninth year as a Major League Baseball (MLB) hitting coach, after previous service in the role for the Pittsburgh Pirates (2008–2010) and Cincinnati Reds (2014–2018). A former switch-hitting infielder, Long was originally selected by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the 1983 MLB draft.
- He played three years in the Giants farm system (1983–85) where he compiled a .251 batting average, 12 home runs and 76 RBI in 198 games.
- Before becoming a manager in the minor leagues, Long served as the head coach at Seattle University in 1986.
- Long is a 1980 graduate of Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood, Washington.
- He attended Washington State University and earned All-Pac-10 honors as a shortstop in 1983.Long spent 12 years as a manager in the California/Anaheim Angels minor league system before joining Philadelphia.
- He made his managerial debut with the Quad Cities River Bandits in the Midwest League in 1987 before spending two seasons with the Bend Bucks.
- Don returned to Quad City and was named Midwest League Manager-of-the-Year after leading his squad to the 1990 league title.
- A year later he captured Manager-of-the-Year accolades again after guiding the Midland Angels to a 37–30 second-half record and into the Texas League playoffs.
- After two more seasons with Midland (1992–93), Long managed in the Pacific Coast League for three years, leading the Vancouver Canadians to a pair of first-place finishes.
- He advanced to the league championship in 1994 and was named the league's Manager-of-the-Year in 1995 after guiding the club to an 81-60 regular-season record and an appearance in the post season.
- In his 12 seasons as a minor league skipper, Long produced a 745–788 record.
- Long worked eight years as the minor league hitting coordinator with the Philadelphia Phillies.
- He spent the 1999 season as the Phillies roving hitting instructor.
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