Dustin Lind

Dustin Lind is an American professional baseball director of hitting and assistant hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Montana State University-Billings, and also attended Idaho State University.

Dustin Lind
San Francisco Giants – No. 88
Coach
Born: Florence, Montana
Teams
As coach

Early life and education

Lind's hometown is Florence, Montana, population 765.[1][2] He attended Florence-Carlton High School in Florence, Montana, graduating in 2007.[3][4] TAs a junior for the Bitterroot Bucs American Legion team, he batted .401 with 53 RBIs, and was named the Northwest Regional MVP.[5]

Lind attended Montana State University-Billings where he played college baseball as an outfielder, before injuries ended his playing career there.[6] He then transferred to Idaho State University, where he played club baseball.[7] He graduated from ISU in 2014 with a degree in exercise science.[6] Lind earned his doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Montana in 2017.[6] In 2019 he received the ISU Young Alumni Award.[8]

Coaching career

From 2014–17, Lind worked as an independent hitting consultant working with MLB and minor league players.[6] He also worked as an outpatient orthopedic physical therapist in Montana.[9]

Lind was hired by the Seattle Mariners and served as a minor league quality assurance coach in 2018.[6] In 2019, he worked as the Mariners director of hitting development and strategies on the major league coaching staff, working with hitters, hitting coaches, and analysts to optimize hitting development and performance.[6][4]

On December 11, 2019, Lind was hired by the San Francisco Giants as their director of hitting and assistant hitting coach.[6]

References
  1. "2020 Coaching Staff — Part I". April 17, 2020.
  2. "Dustin Lind - Baseball". Montana State University Billings Athletics.
  3. "Jacket baseball adds 3 Montanans". Billings Gazette. July 31, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  4. https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2019%20Seattle%20Mariners%20Media%20Guide.pdf
  5. "Yellowjacket Archives - News". www.msubillings.edu.
  6. "SFGiants Add Eight To Coaching Staff". MLB.com. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  7. Michael H. O'Donnell (December 27, 2013). "Couple spend their first Christmas away from home". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  8. State, Idaho (October 1, 2019). "2019 Idaho State University Homecoming award recipients announced; Alumni Recognition Dinner set Oct. 11". idahostatejournal.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  9. Idaho State University (October 1, 2019). "2019 Idaho State University Homecoming award recipients announced". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
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