Ron Gardenhire's first coaching staff as manager of the Detroit Tigers includes three former assistants from the Minnesota Twins and three coaches hired internally from the Tigers system.

The Tigers are keeping hitting coach Lloyd McClendon and third base coach Dave Clark. Assistant hitting coach Phil Clark is being promoted from Double-A Erie.

Gardenhire hired Twins bench coach Joe Vavra to serve as quality control coach.

Steve Liddle and Rick Anderson, who served under Gardenhire at Minnesota but have been out of baseball in recent years, will join the staff as bench coach and bullpen coach, respectively.

Former Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio was hired for the same role in Detroit.

Longtime Tigers infielder Ramon Santiago will join the staff as first base coach.

"I'm thrilled about the coaching staff we've been able to assemble," Gardenhire said in a statement released by the team. "Collectively, this group has extensive playing and coaching experience at both the Major and Minor League levels, and has a proven track record of developing young players. Lloyd and Dave, who were both here previously, stood out when looking at the pool of available candidates, and I'm really excited to have them continue to develop our players.

"Additionally, I've worked with many of these coaches before, and I've seen firsthand their passion for teaching the game of baseball and seeing it played the right way. I'm confident that our time in Detroit will be successful."

Six coaches on Brad Ausmus' staff will not return: bench coach Gene Lamont, pitching coach Rich Dubee, first base coach Omar Vizquel, assistant hitting coach Leon Durham, bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer and defensive coach Matt Martin.

Vizquel, McClendon and Clark were all internal candidates to be manager before Gardenhire was hired.

Vavra, 57, spent the past 16 years in the Twins organization, most recently serving as Paul Molitor's bench coach. He'll take on a newly created quality-control role on the staff.

Before joining the Twins, the Wisconsin native spent 13 seasons in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the first nine as a minor-league manager at three different levels.

Liddle, 58, coached for the Twins from 2002-2012 as bench coach and then third base coach. He was let go after the 2012 season in a staff shake-up after the 2012 season, although Gardenhired lobbied to keep the staff together. Liddle has been out of baseball since then.

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Bosio, 54, spent the past six years as pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs. Earlier, he served in a variety of coaching positions with Seattle, Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Bosio played in 11 Major League seasons with Milwaukee (1986-92) and Seattle (1993-96), compiling a 94-93 career record.

Anderson, 50, most recently served as Twins pitching coach under Gardenhire from 2002-2014. Anderson played 11 seasons in professional baseball, including parts of three seasons in the Major Leagues.

Santiago, 38, is in his first coaching job after a 16-year playing career that included parts of 10 seasons with the Tigers.

Clark, 49, spent the last two seasons as hitting coach for Double-A Erie. In 2015, he had the same role with Class A West Michigan.

Before joining the Tigers, Clark served as a coach in the Cleveland Indians system for eight seasons.

He was a first-round draft pick of the Tigers in 1986 and played professionally for 15 seasons, including parts of five seasons in the Major Leagues with Detroit (1992), San Diego (1993-1995) and Boston (1996).

McClendon, 58, has previously served as manager in Pittsburgh and Seattle. He was manager of the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens in 2015 and joined the big-league staff as hitting coach in 2016.

Clark, 55, is returning for a fifth season as third base coach. Before joining the Tigers, he spent five seasons with the Houston Astros as their first base coach (2013) and third base coach (2009-12)