TUCSON, AZ (WKZO AM/FM) – Detroit Tigers third base coach Chip Hale is leaving Detroit to become head coach at the University of Arizona.
Bench coach George Lombard will take over at third for Hale.
Hale received a five-year contract and will be introduced Wednesday. He played college baseball for Arizona from 1984-87. He was a member of the 1986 College World Series championship team. Tigers manager AJ Hinch hired him in November 2020.
Last month, assistant hitting coach Jose Cruz Jr. left the Tigers after he was named head coach at Rice University.
