John Boles

John E. Boles, Jr. (born August 19, 1948 in Chicago) is an American professional baseball front-office executive, and a former manager in Major League Baseball and college baseball head coach. As of 2013, he was the senior adviser to the general manager for player development for the Kansas City Royals. Boles spent two terms—1996 (July 11 through the end of the season), and 1999 through May 28, 2001—as manager of the Florida Marlins, compiling a win-loss record of 205–241 (.460). He also served two separate terms as a member of the Royals' front office, in addition to executive positions with the Marlins, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers and Seattle Mariners, and was a minor league manager in both the Chicago White Sox and Royals organizations.