The Rays announced their minor league coaching staffs on Wednesday, with former Charlotte Stone Crabs Manager Michael Johns promoted to one of the organization’s field coordinators. Johns joins Bill Evers and Jimmy Hoff in that role.

With Johns departing Charlotte, Jimmy Morrison returns to manage the Stone Crabs. Morrison had been managing in the GCL. Jared Sandberg remains with Durham after winning a Triple-A National Championship there. Brady Williams is still with Montgomery and Reinaldo Ruiz is back in Bowling Green among the full-season clubs. Craig Albernaz is slated to remain as Hudson Valley’s manager, Danny Sheaffer will do the same in Princeton, and Tomas Francisco will join the GCL club.

The most noticeable addition from outside the organization is Rick Knapp, as the former Tigers pitching coach joining the Durham coaching staff. Dan Dement has been promoted from Montgomery to Durham as the new hitting coach. Former MLB OF Ben Johnson, most recently a scout with Arizona, has joined the staff as well.

The other additions to the organization include former Rays minor league player Jeremy Owens, who will begin his coaching career in Bowling Green.

The coaching staffs in the minors are as follows:

Durham:

Manager: Jared Sandberg

Coaches: Rick Knapp (pitching), Dan Dement (hitting), and Ben Johnson

Trainer: Scott Thurston

Conditioning Coach: Bryan King

Montgomery:

Manager: Brady Williams

Coaches: R.C. Lichtenstein (pitching), Jamie Nelson and Gary Redus

Trainer: Kris Russell

Conditioning Coach: Carlos Gonzalez

Charlotte:

Manager: Jimmy Morrison

Coaches: Steve “Doc” Watson (pitching), Joe Szekely (hitting) and German Melendez

Trainer: James Ramsdell

Conditioning Coach: Paul Jones

Bowling Green:

Manager: Reinaldo Ruiz

Coaches: Brian Reith (pitching), Manny Castillo and Jeremy Owens

Trainer: Brian Newman

Strength Coach: James McCallie

Hudson Valley:

Manager: Craig Albernaz

Coaches: Jose Gonzalez (pitching), Alejandro Freire, and Rafael Valenzuela

Trainer: Tsutomu Kamiya

Conditioning Coach: Dan Rousseau

Princeton:

Manager: Danny Sheaffer

Coaches: Jim Paduch (pitching), Wuarnner Rincones and Blake Butera

Trainer: Ruben Santiago

GCL:

Manager: Tomas Francisco

Coaches: Marty DeMerritt (pitching) Alberto Bastardo (pitching), Rafael Guerrero and Sean Smedley

Trainers: Shinichiro Fukuda and Peter Walukiewicz

Conditioning Coach: Justin Weiss

The coordinators are as follows:

Field Coordinators: Jim Hoff, Bill Evers, and Michael Johns

Pitching Coordinators: Dick Bosman, Dewey Robinson, Jorge Moncada, and Charlie Haeger

Hitting Coordinator: Steve Livesey and Steve Henderson

Catching Coordinator: Paul Hoover

Infield Coordinator: Hector Torres

Outfield/Baserunning Coordinator: Skeeter Barnes

Medical Training Coordinator: Aaron Scott

Rehabilitation Coordinator: Joel Smith

Latin America Medical Coordinator: Chris Tomashoff

Latin American Cultural Coordinator: Jairo De La Rosa

Florida Education Coordinator: Lenore Sutton

Strength and Conditioning Coordinator: Patrick Trainor

Mental Skills: Lance Green and James Schwabach

Equipment Manager: Tim McKechney

Assistant Equipment Manager: Shane Rossetti