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Andy Fox, who managed the Altoona Curve into the Eastern League playoffs last season, will return for the 2026 season in the same capacity, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Curve announced Thursday.

Fox is the 16th manager in Altoona’s franchise history and led the Curve to a 39-30 record in the EL Second Half in 2025. Fox is the first manager to hold the role for at least two seasons since Michael Ryan led the club from 2017-19.

The 2026 Curve coaching staff also features pitching coaches Kevin Walker and David Perez, hitting coaches Scott Seabol and Justin Orton, and bench coach Gary Green.

Orton returns to the Altoona staff after serving as the team’s integrated baseball performance coach in 2024 and as a hitting coach with Single-A Bradenton in 2025. Green returns for his fifth season on the Curve staff, third in a row, and his 21st season as an instructor in the Pirates minor league system.

“We’re thrilled to have so many returning staff members on our coaching staff,” Curve general manager Nate Bowen said.

Walker is in his first season as an instructor in the Pirates’ minor league system after serving as the Boston Red Sox bullpen coach in 2024, while Perez joins the team after spending the 2025 season as a pitching lead in the Pirates Dominican Complex.

Rounding out the coaching staff is athletic trainer Coleman Duke, strength and conditioning coach Ryoji Ejima, minor league operations assistant Richie Saville, clubhouse manager Nick Mote and dietitian Stephanie Xavier.

Fox, a former Major League infielder and outfielder with the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos and Texas Rangers, is a native of Sacramento, Calif., and earned a pair of World Series Championship rings during his playing career with the Yankees in 1996 and Marlins in 2003.

Fox played parts of nine major league seasons: totaling 776 games. Fox was known best for his versatility on the diamond, appearing at seven different positions during his major and minor league career. Fox’s playing career ended following the 2005 season with the LA Angels’ Triple-A affiliate in Salt Lake.

Prior to joining the Pirates in 2025, Fox spent three seasons on the Boston Red Sox major-league coaching staff after serving as the team’s infield coordinator from 2011-21 and as the team’s assistant field coordinator. He joined the Red Sox’s major league staff under Alex Cora as the team’s field coordinator in 2022-23, then the first base coach in 2024.