Josh Bonifay

Joshua Cameron Bonifay (born July 30, 1978) is an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Minor League Baseball and is a coach for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball.
Bonifay attended T. C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW), where he played college baseball for the UNCW Seahawks. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in the 24th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. He played Minor League Baseball for eight seasons. After he retired, Bonifay graduated from the UNCW's Cameron School of Business with honors.
Bonifay joined the Houston Astros' organization in 2011 as a hitting coach for the Greeneville Astros of the Rookie-level Appalachian League. He spent 2012 as the hitting coach for the Lexington Legends of the Class A South Atlantic League. He became the manager of Greeneville in 2013, and won the Appalachian League Manager of the Year Award that year. He managed the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League in 2015. The Rangers hired Bonifay for their major league coaching staff during the 2016–2017 offseason.
He is the son of Cam Bonifay. He and his wife, Tiffany, and daughter live in Cornelius, North Carolina.