The Pirates announced Friday that they have extended the contracts of the team's entire coaching staff through the 2017 season.
The contracts extended include those of Ray Searage -- Pittsburgh's pitching coach since 2011 and the interim pitching coach in '10 -- hitting coach Jeff Branson and bench coach Dave Jauss.
Also extended were first-base coach Nick Leyva, third-base coach Rick Sofield, assistant hitting coach Jeff Livesey, bullpen coach Euclides Rojas, Major League coach Brad Fischer and bullpen catcher Heberto Andrade.
"We are very pleased to maintain the continuity and quality of our Major League coaching staff through at least the 2017 season," said Pirates executive vice president and general manager Neal Huntington.