Rich Hacker was the third base coach for the Blue Jays from 1991 through to 1993 including both Championship seasons. The former Montreal Expo was relegated to bench duties during the summer of the 1993 season following a serious head-on motor-vehicle collision on the Martin Luther King bridge in St.Louis.
Hacker suffered brain trauma and a serious right ankle injury as a result of the injury according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The injury would prevent him from coaching on the field ever again, however, he did work in a scouting capacity.