Jarret DeHart (born October 2, 1994) is an American

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. He was the hitting coach for the

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(MLB) from 2021 to 2024. He is currently the Director of Hitting for the New York Yankees.

Playing career

Raised in

Medford, New Jersey Medford is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 24,497, an increase of 1,464 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 23,033, which in turn reflected ...

, DeHart played prep baseball at Shawnee High School. He attended

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his freshman year of college, playing

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for the

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. After his 2014 freshman year, he played

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with the

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of the

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. He transferred to

Howard College Howard College is a Public college, public community college with its main campus in Big Spring, Texas. It also has branch campuses in San Angelo, Texas, San Angelo and Lamesa, Texas, Lamesa. History Howard County Junior College was establishe ...

for his sophomore year of college. He then transferred to

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for his final two years of college, playing for the

Tulane Green Wave The Tulane Green Wave are the athletic teams that represent Tulane University, located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tulane competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). There are 14 Green Wave interc ...

Coaching career

DeHart joined the

organization and served as a coach for the

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in 2018. In 2019, he served as a minor league hitting strategist for the organization. On November 7, 2019, DeHart was named the Mariners' assistant hitting coach. On November 15, 2021, DeHart was promoted to the role of hitting coach and director of hitting strategy. This promotion coincided with the departure of former hitting coach Tim Laker, who declined the club's offer to return. On August 22, 2024, DeHart was fired alongside

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. In November of 2024, DeHart joined the New York Yankees organization as their Director of Hitting.

References

External links

Tulane Green Wave bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:DeHart, Jarret 1994 births Living people People from Medford, New Jersey Shawnee High School (New Jersey) alumni Baseball players from New Brunswick, New Jersey Baseball coaches from New Jersey Baseball players from Burlington County, New Jersey Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball hitting coaches Seattle Mariners coaches LSU Tigers baseball players Hyannis Harbor Hawks players Howard Hawks baseball players Tulane Green Wave baseball players Minor league baseball coaches