Michael Boulanger is an American

United States

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 baseball

Baseball

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 coach

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. He is scheduled to spend the season as the minor league

Minor league baseball

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 hitting coordinator of the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 of Major League Baseball

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Boulanger, nicknamed "Bo," graduated from Ponca City High School

Ponca City High School

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 and Oklahoma State University, where he played baseball and football

American football

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. He was a center fielder

Center fielder

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 in his playing days, standing 6 feet (1.83 m) tall, weighing 180 pounds (82 kg). He threw and batted right-handed. Boulanger did not play professional baseball, but instead immediately went into coaching at Broken Arrow High School in Oklahoma in 1971. From 1977–94, he served in the college ranks, as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

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 and then as head coach at Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma City University

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 and the University of Southwestern Louisiana, compling a record of 353 wins and 204 defeats (.634).

Boulanger joined professional baseball in as a minor league manager

Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...

, handling Rookie, Short Season A and Class A farm clubs of the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 and Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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through . In he joined the Rangers' system as a minor league coach and roving instructor.