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Former pitcher Hawkins joins Triple-A staff

Tommy Gregg will return for his eighth year as the hitting coach for Omaha, while Dave Iannicca and Joe Greany come back as the club's certified athletic trainer and strength and conditioning coach, respectively, after serving in the same roles in 2015.

Double-A Northwest Arkansas manager Vance Wilson returns for his third season after taking the Naturals to the postseason in 2015 as the first-half champ in the Texas League's North Division. Wilson will have two new coaches in pitching coach Steve Luebber and hitting coach Brian Buchanan. Luebber served as the pitching coach at Wilmington (Class A Advanced) for the past nine seasons, while Buchanan was Wilmington's manager in 2015.