OPENING DAY AGE: 52
SIGNED THROUGH: 2013
FORMER POSITION: Catcher
BORN: Sept. 26, 1960 - Nahant, Mass.
RESIDENCE: Scottsdale, Ariz.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Sherlock enters his 16th season on the D-backs' coaching staff...longest-tenured coach and only person on staff since club's inception in 1998...served as club's catching coordinator 1996-97 and scouted for Expansion Draft...Enters his 30th year in professional baseball in 2012...is the longest-tenured member of D-backs' coaching staff and only person on staff all 16 seasons since 1998... served as Minor League catching coordinator 1996-97...Hasserved two stints as the D-backs' bullpen coach from 1998-2002 and 2005-present...in 2004, began the season as the first base coach but took over as third base coach after Al Pedrique was named interim manager...in 2003, served as bench coach...Among the catchers he has coached: Yankees' Jorge Posada, Mike Stanley, Matt Nokes, Bob Melvin, Brad Ausmus and Jim Leyritz and D-backs' Damian Miller, Kelly Stinnett, Jorge Fabregas, Chris Snyder, Miguel Montero, Henry Blanco and Wil Nieves...Began his coaching career in 1989 as a player/coach for the Yankees' Double-A Albany-Colonie affiliate...In two seasons as Manager of the Gulf Coast League/ Tampa Yankees(1990, 1993),went 89-91 (.494)...Played in 297 career Minor League games as a catcher for Astros' and Yankees' affiliates from 1983-89.
PERSONAL
Glenn Patrick Sherlock...He and his wife, Lisa, have a son, Tim, and daughter, Cara...Tim was the D-backs' 40th-round selection in the 2009
First-Year Player Draft out of Duke University...he was
originally drafted by the Phillies as their 32nd-round selection in June 2005 but chose to attend Duke...Earned a B.A. degree in environmental studies at Rollins
College (Winter Park, Fla.)while playing baseball...Honored with the Rollins College Hall of Fame Achievement Award and earned Sunshine State All-Star status...Played 3 seasons in Yarmouth-Dennis Cape Cod League...Graduated in 1979 from St.John's Prep in Danvers, Mass.,
earning all-state baseball honors...also played football.
SHERLOCK'S COACHING HISTORY
1989: Player/coach - Albany-Colonie Yankees
1989: Manager - Instructional League Yankees
1990: Manager - GCL/Tampa Yankees
1990: Manager - New York Yankees Instructional League
1991: Manager - Ft. Lauderdale Yankees
1991: Minor League Catching Coach - New York Yankees
1992: Catching Instructor - New York Yankees
1993: Manager - GCL/Tampa Yankees
1993: Manager - Canberra Bushrangers (Australia)
1994-95: Catching Instructor - New York Yankees
1996-1997: Catching Coordinator - Arizona Diamondbacks
1998-2002: Bullpen/Catching Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks
2003: Bench Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks
2004: First & Third Base Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks
2005-present: Bullpen/Catching Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks
