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Gregson graduated from Hamlet High School and earned bachelor"s and Master of Arts
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Glenn Gregson
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He has been a Major League Baseball pitching coach for both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox. As of 2015, he is the Latin American pitching coordinator in Boston"s player development system. Degrees in education at Appalachian State University.
A right-handed pitcher, he stood 6 feet 3 inches (191 m) and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg).
His minor league career lasted seven seasons in the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies" organizations. He entered pro baseball as an undrafted free agent and debuted in 1972 with the Appleton Foxes of the Class A Midwest League, posting a 3.27 earned run average in eight appearances and registering one save.
In 1973, Gregson was with Appleton (0–4, one save, 467, 16 hits allowed, 33 bases on balls in 27 innings pitched) and the Pulaski Phillies (1–4, 462). He split 1974 between the Auburn Phillies (7–3, five saves, 315) and the Spartanburg Phillies (0–2, one save, 197).
In 1975, Gregson pitched in 52 games for the Rocky Mount Phillies, leading the Carolina League.
He went 9–2 with seven saves and a 2.34 European Research Area and 44 walks in 77 innings of work. He allowed only one home run. Gregson spent his last three years as a player with the Reading Phillies.
In 1976, he was 0–6 with 5 saves and a 2.69 European Research Area. The next year, his record was 1–2 with a 6.83 European Research Area. Finally, in 1978, he was 2–1 with a 6.21 European Research Area. In 192 minor league games pitched (all but 15 in relief) he compiled a record of 20–24 with an European Research Area of 3.62 in 351 innings pitched.
Gregson coached in the Phillies" farm system from 1979 to 1981. He then became a minor league pitching coach in the Chicago Cubs" organization from 1982 to 1984 and in 1987.
From 1988 to 1997, he coached in the minor leagues for the Dodgers, then joined the Major League staff in 1998 as the pitching coach under manager Bill Russell. However, Russell was fired on June 22 and three days later, Gregson was replaced by Charlie Hough on new skipper Glenn Hoffman"s staff
Gregson returned to the Phillies as roving minor league pitching coordinator (1999–2000) and coach for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons (2001).
He moved to the Red Sox system as Boston"s minor league pitching coordinator (2002-2004), but briefly served as interim pitching coach for the MLB Red Sox for two brief periods early in 2003 after illness sidelined Tony Cloninger. He has been Boston"s Latin American pitching coordinator since 2005. He also has worked as a pitching coach for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Red Sox during this period.
