Brandon Michael Hyde was the bench coach for the Florida Marlins

Florida Marlins

The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...

.

Playing career

Hyde played professionally from 1997 to 2001 in the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 organization (1997–2000) and for the independent Chico Heat

Chico Heat

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. Over the course of his minor league career, he played in 200 games and hit .252 with 15 home runs. He attended Long Beach State University before playing professionally.

Coaching career

Hyde managed in the Marlins organization from 2005 to 2009, heading the Greensboro Grasshoppers

Greensboro Grasshoppers

The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a minor league baseball team in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA...

 in 2005 and 2006, the Carolina Mudcats

Carolina Mudcats

The Carolina Mudcats are a minor league baseball team based in the eastern suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina. The team, which plays in the Carolina League, are the Single-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians major-league club beginning in 2012.-History:...

 in 2007, the Jupiter Hammerheads

Jupiter Hammerheads

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 in 2008 and the Jacksonville Suns

Jacksonville Suns

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 in 2009 where he led the Suns to their fourth Southern League

Southern League (baseball)

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 Championship in club history. He had also spent two years as the Grasshoppers' hitting coach. In 2010, he was the Marlins minor league infield coordinator.

On June 23, 2010, the Marlins fired manager Fredi González

Fredi González

Fredi Jesus González is the current manager of the Atlanta Braves in Major League Baseball. Gonzalez is also the former manager of the Florida Marlins 2007–2010. For the four years prior to 2007, he was third base coach for the Atlanta Braves.-Biography:Gonzalez grew up in Miami, Florida, where he...

, bench coach Carlos Tosca

Carlos Tosca

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, and hitting coach Jim Presley

Jim Presley

James Arthur Presley is a former Major League Baseball infielder with an eight year career from 1984 to 1991. He played for the Seattle Mariners of the American League and the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres of the National League. He was primarily a third baseman but also saw some time...

. Brandon was named the interim bench coach, Edwin Rodríguez

Edwin Rodriguez

Edwin Rodríguez Morales is the former manager of the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball's National League. He also played Major League Baseball briefly in the early 1980s as an infielder.-Playing career:...

 was named the interim manager, and John Mallee

John Mallee

John Daniel Mallee is a former hitting coach of the Florida Marlins baseball team.Prior to his coaching career, Mallee played professionally in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system from 1991 to 1992...

 was named the hitting coach. On November 3, 2010, the Marlins removed the interim tags from each, and made Hyde their bench coach for the 2011 season.

When Rodríguez unexpectedly resigned on June 19, 2011, Hyde was named acting manager for that evening's game against the Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays

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 (a 2-1 loss that brought the team's losing streak to ten games). On June 20, Jack McKeon

Jack McKeon

John Aloysius McKeon , nicknamed Trader Jack, is a former Major League Baseball manager. In 2003, he won a World Series with the Florida Marlins...

was named Interim Manager and Hyde moved back to the bench coach position.

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