Phil Nevin

Phillip Joseph Nevin (born January 19, 1971) is an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager.

He was the manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).

After graduating, he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft with the 82nd overall selection.

He decided to attend California State University, Fullerton after turning down an offer that included a signing bonus of $100,000.

A two-sport star, Nevin played American football and baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans, competing in the Big West Conference of NCAA Division I.

He was a punter and placekicker on the Cal State Fullerton Titans football team.

He was named an All-American placekicker his freshman year for the Titans as he connected successfully on his first nine field goal attempts and finished the year with a 15-for-21 field goal percentage.

His longest field goal of the season was 54 yd.

In his junior year, he averaged 40.9 yard per punt.

For the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team, Nevin batted .358 with 56 RBIs as a freshman.

The Titans won the conference championship and reached the 1990 College World Series (CWS) that year.

The Titans lost two games in the 1990 CWS, however, and were eliminated.

Nevin batted .335 in his sophomore season.

As a junior, he batted .391 with 20 home runs and 71 RBIs, winning the Big West Conference Triple Crown.

Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America named Nevin the College Player of the Year.

He credited his past CWS experience with allowing him to remain calm.

In three seasons at Cal State Fullerton, Nevin had a .364 average with 39 home runs and 184 RBIs.

In 1990, Nevin tried out for the United States national baseball team to play in that year's Goodwill Games and World University Baseball Championship (WUBC).

To prepare for those tournaments, the team played a series against Japan and a game in Cuba.

Nevin played second and third base for Team USA in 13 of its 22 games, batting .229.

The team released him before the Goodwill Games and WUBC as it cut players to meet the roster maximum.

Nevin was also considered for the 1991 Pan American Games.

He led the Titans to the championship game in the 1992 College World Series (CWS), after which he was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player and won the Golden Spikes Award.

Chosen with the first-overall pick in the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Nevin went on to play in MLB for seven teams across 12 seasons.

He led the Titans to the finals of the 1992 CWS, where the Titans lost to the Pepperdine Waves baseball team, which represented the West Coast Conference.

Despite the loss, Nevin was voted the CWS Most Outstanding Player after he batted 10-for-19 with two home runs and 11 RBIs.

He also won the Golden Spikes Award, given to the best amateur player in the nation.

Nevin tried out for the national team again before the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

The team embarked on a 30-game tour and 38-city exhibition-game schedule in the United States before leaving for Spain.

He made the team and served as its starting third baseman throughout the tournament.

He played in MLB for 12 seasons, appearing in 1,217 games played between 1995 and 2006 for the Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers, Anaheim Angels, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins.

He has previously served as a coach in MLB for the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees.

Nevin attended California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans team.

He was selected to appear in the 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

After retiring, Nevin went into broadcasting, and then managed the unaffiliated Orange County Flyers for a season.

He managed the Class AA Erie SeaWolves and the Class AAA Toledo Mud Hens in the Tigers organization before joining the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in 2014, managing the Reno Aces.

He then returned to MLB to coach the Giants in 2017 and for the Yankees from 2018 through 2021.

He joined the Angels as a coach in 2022 and became interim manager after the firing of Joe Maddon.

On October 5, 2022, the Angels signed him to a one year contract as their permanent manager.

Nevin attended El Dorado High School in Placentia, California.