Ron Wotus has been a part of the Giants organization for over 35 years. In 2022 he started his new role as Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. Wotus now serves as a mentor to the coaching staff and players at both the major and minor league levels and provides on field instruction. He attends Giants Spring Training Camp in Scottsdale, AZ and visits the minor league affiliates each year.

Prior to his new role with the organization, Wotus completed his 24th season on the Giants Major League coaching staff in 2021. The longest-tenured coach in franchise history, he joined the Giants’ staff in 1998 and worked under Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou, Bruce Bochy and Gabe Kapler, working as a Bench Coach and Third Base Coach.

Wotus was one of just six individuals since 1900 to serve as a Giants coach for at least 10 years, joining Mark Gardner (15 years, 2003-2017), Larry Jansen (12 years, 1954 and 1961-71), Bob Lillis (11 years, 1986-96), Dave Righetti (18 years, 2000-2017) and Wes Westrum (10 years, 1958-63 and 1968-71).

He has worked with four players that have won NL Gold Gloves under his watch: J.T. Snow (1999, 2000), Omar Vizquel (2005, 2006), Brandon Crawford (2015, 2016, 2017, 2021) and Joe Panik (2016).

Wotus coached at Class-A Clinton (Iowa) in 1990 before managing in San Francisco’s minor league system for seven years from 1991-97. His clubs, ranging from Class-A to Triple-A, reached the playoffs in every year but one. He was twice named Manager of the Year, while posting an overall record of 554-412 (.574). Wotus was the manager of Class-A Advanced San Jose Giants (1991-92), Double-A Shreveport Captains (1993-95) and Triple-A Phoenix Firebirds (1996-97). He was named California League Manager of the Year in 1991 after leading San Jose to a 92-44 record. In 1997, he was named Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year after the Firebirds finished 88-55, winning 41 of their final 51 games. Wotus became the Giants Third Base Coach in 1998 under manager Dusty Baker and served as Bench Coach from 1999-2017 under Baker, Felipe Alou and Bruce Bochy.

The Connecticut native has been in professional baseball for just about his entire adult life. The Pirates selected him in the 16th round in 1979 and he enjoyed an 11-year professional career, including parts of the 1983 and 1984 seasons with Pittsburgh. A middle infielder, Wotus went 12-for-58 in parts of two seasons with the Pirates. He made his Major League debut on Sept. 3, 1983 in Atlanta and recorded his first big league hit, a single, off the Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser at Los Angeles on July 4, 1984. His final two seasons as a player came with the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate in Phoenix in 1988 and 1989.

Wotus graduated from Bacon (Colchester, CT) Academy in 1979. He and his wife, Laurie, reside in Pleasant Hill, CA.