Jeffrey William Pentland (born September 8, 1946) is an American baseball coach.
He spent three seasons (1969–71) in the San Diego Padres minor league system, mostly playing first base but also pitching in 29 games.
[1] Pentland worked as an assistant coach at University of California, Riverside, from 1975 through 1982 and at Arizona State from 1983 through 1992.
Pentland later worked as the hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs (1997–2002), Kansas City Royals (2003–2005), and Seattle Mariners (2005–2008).
On January 11, 2015, Pentland was hired by the New York Yankees to take over as their hitting coach, replacing long-time hitting coach Kevin Long.