PHOENIX -- The D-backs have hired Darnell Coles as their hitting coach, replacing Dave Magadan.
Coles spent the previous four seasons as hitting coach for the Brewers, who came within one game of reaching the World Series this season. He elected not to return to Milwaukee following the season, telling the organization that he was ready to seek a new challenge elsewhere.
Assistant hitting coach Tim Laker will remain in his current position.
Under Coles' tutelage, the Brewers were seventh in the National League in runs scored this year with 754, and their OPS of .