Former Ellsworth High School three-sport standout Dick Scott has been named bench coach of the New York Mets, the National League team announced Wednesday.
Scott has been promoted from director of player development to become a key member of manager Terry Collins’ staff.
Scott, 53, replaced Bob Geren, who left the defending National League champs last month to become the bench coach for manager Dave Roberts’ Los Angeles Dodgers.
It is Scott’s first job on a major league coaching staff after two years as the Mets’ director of player development. Two years before taking that post, he took over for Collins as the Mets’ Minor League field coordinator.
Scott was drafted out of high school in 1981 by the New York Yankees in the 17th round and went on to earn a World Series ring in 1989 with the Oakland Athletics in his one and only MLB season.
He started managing in the A’s minor league system in 1991, was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1994, then managed a minor league season for Arizona before becoming a major league advance scout and earning another World Series ring in 2001.
Scott went on to serve in player-development jobs with the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays.
He was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, joining his father, John “Jack” Scott, a 2003 inductee. Dick Scott’s younger brother, Tim, was also a three-sport standout at Ellsworth High before a solid baseball career at the University of Maine. He is now the varsity coach of the Hampden Academy girls basketball team.