# Former Cardinal Daniel Descalso Named 2024 Bench Coach

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- Published: 2023-11-20T13:12:34-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_FORMER CARDINAL DANIEL DESCALSO JOINS MAJOR LEAGUE COACHING STAFF FOR 2024_**

#### **_JOE McEWING TO SERVE AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MOZELIAK_**

[⌊Cardinals News⌉⌊Cardinals News⌉[

**ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 20, 2023 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today 
that they have named former Cardinals infielder and 2011 World Series Champion **_
[Daniel Descalso](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/descada01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-11-20_br)_**
to the team’s Major League coaching staff where he will serve as Bench Coach in 
2024. **_[Joe McEwing](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcewijo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-11-20_br)_**,
who was the team’s Bench Coach in 2023, has been named a Special Assistant to President
of Baseball Operations **_John Mozeliak_**.

The team also announced that it still intends to make further additions to its Major
League coaching staff for 2024.

Descalso, 37, was a member of the Cardinals from 2010 to 2014, and enjoyed a 10-
year playing career that also included stops with Colorado (2015-16), Arizona (2017-
18) and the Chicago Cubs (2019). He played in World Series in both 2011 and 2103
with the Cardinals, and will long be remembered by Cardinals fans for his role in
the team’s 2011 World Series Game 6 rally, and the decisive Game 5 comeback against
Washington in the 2012 National League Division Series.

A Northern California native, who was drafted (3^(rd) round) by the Cardinals in
2007, Descalso served as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations for the National
League Champion Arizona Diamondbacks in 2023.

**— STL —**

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