Mark Wiley, a man with 43 years of professional baseball experience, was named the Colorado Rockies’ director of pitching operations Monday, the team said.

The job is the equivalent of a coordinator position, meaning Wiley will oversee pitching throughout the organization and also will help with the June draft. He’ll also be charged with developing pitchers at the minor-league level in an effort to better prepare them for the challenge of pitching at Coors Field.

“I will work with everyone at all different levels,” Wiley said. “I will act as a sounding board and I will make recommendations. I will be looking for things that need to be touched up and will also present some new ideas. I was hired to help improve our developmental process and to provide some continuity throughout the organization.”

Wiley, 64, will have some say as to who the Rockies hire as their next big-league pitching coach, but that decision ultimately will be made by Bill Geivett, the director of major-league operations.

“I’m sure I will have some input in that, but I won’t be the one who dictates the choice,” Wiley said. “But I will be close to the situation and I think I can provide some input and advice for all the pitching coaches in the organization.”

The Rockies lost a franchise-worst 98 games in 2012 and ranked last in the majors in ERA (5.22) and batting average against (.290). When the Rockies restructured their front office on Aug. 1, general manager Dan O’Dowd indicated that he would add a new pitching supervisor.

Wiley said he’s ready for the challenge.

“I think the Rockies like the fact that I’m a pretty good communicator,” he said. “And my background covers pretty much every aspect of baseball. I have done an awful lot of stuff in my 43 years of baseball, and I think they liked that experience.”

Wiley was a special assistant of baseball operations for the Rockies from 2006-07. He has spent the past five seasons with the Marlins, first as a pitching coach in 2008-09 and then as a special assistant to the general manager in 2010-12.

Wiley’s professional baseball experience includes 17 years as a big-league pitching coach. He served two stints in that capacity for the Cleveland Indians, from 1988-91 and 1995-98. In his second stint, the Indians made the playoffs all four seasons, advancing to the World Series twice.

Meanwhile, the search for the Rockies’ next manager continues. A major-league source said today that no decision will be made until after the World Series. Major League Baseball does not like its clubs to be announcing news such as managerial hires during the World Series.

It is expected the Rockies will interview candidates outside the organization. The Rockies have interviewed two internal candidates, bench coach Tom Runnells and veteran player Jason Giambi.

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