Buck Britton

Buchanan Clyde Britton (born May 16, 1986) is an American professional baseball coach who currently serves as the third base coach for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the older brother of former Orioles closer Zack Britton.^[1]

Buck Britton
Baltimore Orioles – No. 46
Coach
Born: (1986-05-16) May 16, 1986 (age 39) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (2025–present)

Early years

Britton attended Canyon High School before transferring to Weatherford High School where he graduated in 2004.^[2][3] He matriculated at Lon Morris College and Stephen F. Austin State University for a year each before graduating from Lubbock Christian University in 2008. He was a second baseman and leadoff hitter who started in all 111 games in his two seasons with the Chaparrals. He had a combined .383 batting average with 164 hits, 18 home runs, 7 triples and 99 runs batted in (RBI). He was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American in his junior year.^[2]

Professional playing career

Britton was the 1,046th overall selection in the 35th round by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.^[2]

He had five hits in 11 at bats in three games with the Delmarva Shorebirds in 2009.^[4]

His best season was in 2014 when he slashed .289/.345/.453 with 15 home runs and 67 RBI.^[4]

His last year as an active player was in 2016 when he appeared in 73 games with the then-Minnesota Twins affiliate Rochester Red Wings. He ended a professional playing career spent entirely in the minor leagues with a .270 batting average, 59 home runs, 407 RBI and a .721 on-base plus slugging (OPS).^[4]

Managerial/coaching career

Britton returned to the Orioles organization to succeed Kyle Moore as hitting coach with the Delmarva Shorebirds in 2017.^[4] He replaced Ryan Minor as Shorebirds manager one year later on January 25, 2018.^[5] The Shorebirds finished with a 68–66 record in his only season as its skipper.^[6]

Britton was promoted to succeed Gary Kendall in a similar capacity with the Bowie Baysox in early-February 2019.^[6] The ballclub went 149–111 in the two seasons he managed the team, both of which ended with appearances in the Eastern League Championship Series.^[7] The Baysox lost to the Trenton Thunder 3–1 in 2019 and the Akron RubberDucks 3–0 in 2021.^[8][9] He coached at the Orioles Alternate Training Site at Prince George's Stadium in the intermediate year when the 2020 Minor League Baseball campaign was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

Britton was elevated to manage the Norfolk Tides on January 26, 2022.^[7] His record in three years with the ballclub was 233–216. Despite sub-.500 campaigns at 74–76 and 69–81 in 2022 and 2024 respectively, the Tides captured both the International League and Triple-A National Championships in 2023.^[11] He received that season's International League Manager of the Year Award on October 4, 2023.^[12]

On November 25, 2024, Britton was promoted to Baltimore's major league coaching staff under the role of major league coach.^[13] Following the firing of Brandon Hyde on May 17, 2025, Tony Mansolino was named interim manager, and Britton took over Mansolino's role as third base coach.^[14]