A’s get OK to interview Mark Kotsay for coaching job

The A’s are considering adding a notable team leader of the recent past to their coaching staff, The Chronicle has learned, gaining permission from the Padres to interview hitting coach Mark Kotsay for their bench-coach job.

Current bench coach Mike Aldrete, who is in the second year of a two-year deal, would move to another spot on the staff should the A’s bring Kotsay aboard. Kotsay will meet with A’s officials early next week.

Kotsay, 39, was an instrumental part of the 2006 A’s team that went to the ALCS, and his two-run inside-the-park home run in Game 2 of the Division Series against Minnesota helped Oakland gain its only playoff series victory in the past 23 years.

Kotsay was hired to be the Padres’ hitting coach for the 2015-16 seasons after a year as a special assistant in San Diego’s front office. He retired in 2013 after a 17-year big-league career in which he hit .276 with 127 homers and 720 RBIs.

Kotsay played for seven teams, spending four years with Oakland, where he batted .282 with 38 homers and 224 RBIs from 2004-07. He is considered one of the top collegiate players of all time, the Golden Spikes winner and College World Series MVP in 1995 with Cal State-Fullerton.

Oakland has a vacancy on its staff and letting first-base coach Tye Waller go after the season.

Roster move: The A’s obtained outfielder Andrew Lambo on waivers from the Pirates. Lambo, 27, went 1-for-25 before going on the disabled list with plantar fasciitis and missing the rest of the season. He is playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic. In 741 minor-league games, he has hit .280 with 100 homers.

Front-office moves: Billy Owens and Dan Feinstein joined Dan Kantrovitz as assistants to general manager David Forst. Owens will be assistant GM/director of player personnel and Feinstein assistant GM/pro scouting and player personnel.

Owens, named director of player personnel in 2004, recently interviewed for the Phillies’ GM job

Feinstein joined the A’s in 2012 as director of professional scouting/baseball development after stints in the Dodgers’ and Rays’ front offices.

Kantrovitz reportedly was a finalist for the GM jobs in Philadelphia and Milwaukee last month.

Minor-league pitching coordinator Garvin Alston accepted a job as Arizona’s bullpen coach.

Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser