Rob Flippo
{{Short description|American baseball coach (born 1966)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Rob Flippo
|image = Rob Flippo on August 5, 2017 (cropped).jpg
|caption = Flippo with the Dodgers in 2017
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|bats = Right
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|position = Coach
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|9}}
|birth_place = Lodi, California
|teams =
- Los Angeles Dodgers ({{mlby|2002}}–{{mlby|2017}})
- Miami Marlins ({{mlby|2018}}–{{mlby|2024}})
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Robert B. Flippo (born September 9, 1966) is an American professional baseball coach, who most recently served as the bullpen coordinator for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
He played college baseball at San Joaquin Delta College, where he was a two-year letterman and all-conference selection in 1986 and at the University of Pacific, where he was a two-year letterman, team captain, and a Conference Scholar Athlete. He played Minor League Baseball for the Bakersfield Dodgers in 1989 before beginning his coaching career.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=flippo001rob|title=Robert Flippo minor league statistics and history|website=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=April 19, 2015}}
He was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington from 1998-2001, where he was the hitting coach as well as outfield and catchers coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20020210/NEWS/202100342|title=Ex-Waves coach hired by Dodgers; Flippo named bullpen catcher|work=Star News Online|date=February 10, 2002|first=Chuck|last=Carree|accessdate=April 19, 2015}} He also coached at Fresno State University and the University of South Alabama.{{cite web|url=http://www.lodinews.com/sports/article_0aaf53a2-d8a1-50a4-9512-57eb57ea40f8.html|title=Former Lodi Flame Rob Flippo a coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers|first=Joelle|last=Milholm|work=Lodinews|date=July 11, 2011|accessdate=April 19, 2015}}
=Los Angeles Dodgers=
He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as a coach for the Single-A Wilmington Waves in 2001 before becoming the Dodgers Bullpen Catcher in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://laist.com/2009/04/24/seven_questions_with_rob_flippo_dod.php|title=Seven Questions with Rob Flippo, Dodgers' Bullpen Catcher|work=Laist|date=April 24, 2009|author=Tim H.|accessdate=April 19, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427151426/http://laist.com/2009/04/24/seven_questions_with_rob_flippo_dod.php|archivedate=April 27, 2009}} He also served as the batting practice pitcher for Hee Seop Choi in the 2005 Home Run Derby and Matt Kemp in the 2011 Home Run Derby and again on July 9, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20120711/ARTICLES/120719920|title=Making his pitch is a specialty for Flippo|first=Chuck|last=Carree|date=July 11, 2012|work=Star News Online|accessdate=April 19, 2015}} He was let go by the Dodgers after the 2017 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-executives-encouraged-by-2017-season-c260878638|title=Dodgers optimistic, motivated to chase '18 title|website=MLB.com|first=Ken|last=Gurnick|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}}
=Miami Marlins=
Flippo was hired by the Miami Marlins as their bullpen coordinator prior to the 2018 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Marlins-Announce-New-Coaching-Staff-501991032.html|title=Marlins Announce New Coaching Staff|website=NBC 6 Miami|author=Larry Walansky|date=December 5, 2019|accessdate=October 2, 2019}} On October 2, 2024, Flippo was fired alongside the entirety of the Marlins coaching staff.{{Cite web|title=Marlins Part Ways With Entire Coaching Staff After Skip Schumaker's Exit as Manager|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10137786-marlins-part-ways-with-entire-coaching-staff-after-skip-schumakers-exit-as-manager|access-date=October 14, 2024|website=syndication.bleacherreport.com|language=en}}
References
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External links
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