The Milwaukee Brewers have named Hall of Famer Robin Yount the team's bench coach for the 2006 season.
Yount, who will take over for Rich Dauer, played his entire 20-year career with the Brewers and posted 3,142 hits with 1,406 runs batted in and 251 homers.
"Any discussion of the Milwaukee Brewers great tradition starts with Robin Yount," said Brewers general manager Doug Melvin in a release. "For 20 seasons he was one of the game's most consistent performers and he's added to his legacy by becoming one of the game's top coaches. We're thrilled that he's coming home to wear the Milwaukee uniform again."
The 50-year-old Yount was first base coach and bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2002-2004. He then left after the 2004 campaign when manager Bob Brenly was fired.
Yount won his first American League MVP Award as a shortstop in 1982 and helped the Brewers to the World Series. The St. Louis Cardinals won the '82 World Series in seven games.
In 1989, Yount was playing the outfield and captured his second MVP honor to become only the third player in major league history to win the MVP award at two different positions.
The four-time All-Star holds Brewer career records for hits, homers and runs batted in, as well as doubles (583) and triples (126). He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999.