Former UCR coach Jeff Pentland was hired as a hitting coach for the Dodgers' Class AAA team in Las Vegas. Pentland had been a hitting instructor for the Seattle Mariners organization.
Here's his bio from Seattle:

Jeffrey William Pentland...resides in Tempe, AZ...has two children: daughter Katie and son Josh...has both bachelors degree and a Masters degree from Arizona State University...was a member of the Sun Devils 1967 National Championship team; teammates included future big leaguers Reggie Jackson, Duffy Dyer and Gary Gentry...Jeff was inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame in October, 2002.
Managing/Coaching career:
Jeff is in his third season as the Mariners hitting coach, but his 12th season a big league coach overall...last season Seattle's batting average (+.015), on-base percentage (+.012) and slugging (+.001) all improved from 2006...that followed the Mariners average (+.016), slugging (+.033) and OBP (.008) all improving in 2006 from 2005...was Kansas City Royals hitting coach from Oct. 3, 2002 to May 29, 2005...Royals led Majors with .304 average with runners in scoring position, the sixth-highest mark in Major League history, in 2003...was hitting coach for the Chicago Cubs from July 14, 1997 through the 2002 season...began the 1997 season as the Minor League Hitting Coordinator for the New York Mets...spent the 1992-96 campaigns in the Florida Marlins organization...served as a scout (1992-93) and hitting coach at the Minor League level (1993-96) before joining the Major League club for the second half of the 1996 season...coached Elmirea (NY-Penn League) in 1993-94 and Portland (Eastern League) in 1995-96...began his coaching career as an assistant at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College in 1971...was the JV coach at Arizona State University in 1973 before spending the 1973-74 academic year as the assistant athletic director at Wichita State University...then began a nine-year career as assistant coach at the University of California-Riverside, where the teams won a pair of national championships...coached future big leaguers Barry Bonds, Mike Devereaux, Pat Listach, Fernando Vina and Ken Landreaux as collegians.

Playing career:
Spent three seasons (1969-71) in the San Diego Padres Minor League system...a true ballplayer saw time at first base, outfield, pitcher and catcher...played under Don Zimmer at Salt Lake City (AAA) in 1970, batting .302 in 98 games and appearing in 20 games as a reliever...despite being left-handed, Pentland was used as a catcher in 15 games for Lodi (A) in 1971.

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