White Sox shake up coaching staff after 60-102 season

A day after wrapping up their 60-102 season, the White Sox announced a housecleaning on manager Will Venable’s coaching staff, parting ways Monday with pitching coach Ethan Katz and hitting coach Marcus Thames.

First-base coach Jason Bourgeois and catching coach Drew Butera won’t have their contracts renewed, either, the Sox said. Also out is Triple-A Charlotte manager Sergio Santos.

Grady Sizemore ‘‘will be offered a role within the organization,’’ the Sox said. He worked under the broad title of offensive coordinator for Venable this season after serving as interim manager to close out the team’s historically bad 2024 campaign.

‘‘While we greatly appreciate all that Ethan, Marcus, Jason and Drew have done for this organization, Will and I have agreed on the very difficult decision to make several changes to our coaching staff in 2026,’’ general manager Chris Getz said in a statement. ‘‘Our respect for these coaches as people and as professionals made these decisions difficult, and we thank them for their many contributions. Our commitment remains to provide the best possible vision, ideas and resources to our players to support their continuing growth and development.’’

Venable added: ‘‘Decisions about the coaching staff are incredibly difficult because these are friends and teammates who have been through all the moments and trials alongside you. I cannot thank each of them enough for the hard work and professionalism they brought to the ballpark daily.’’

Heads were bound to roll after the Sox’ third consecutive 100-loss season, and the staff sweep gives Venable an opportunity to put an even bigger imprint on the clubhouse. He inherited Katz, Bourgeois and Butera when he was named manager last fall.

Katz, who had been with the Sox since 2021, oversaw a staff with an overall 4.27 ERA this season, which ranked 20th in the majors. He can take credit for the development of pitchers such as Lucas Giolito, Dylan Cease, Garrett Crochet, Shane Smith and more during his tenure.

Thames was the Sox’ hitting coach the last two seasons. The team’s .302 on-base percentage was the fourth-worst in the majors this season, but a line of rookies — including Colson Montgomery, Edgar Quero and Kyle Teel — showed big strides at the plate.

Santos, who pitched for the Sox in 2010-11, was beloved by players in his one season managing at Charlotte, where he broke the news to Montgomery and other potential core players that they were going to the bigs. The Sox shared several of Santos’ emotional hidden-camera call-up videos throughout the season.