Coaching Career
When his active career ended in July 1960, Hegan became the bullpen coach for the New York Yankees, helping to coach future catching stand outs Thurmon Munson and Rick Dempsey. He served with the Yankees through the 1973 season. He then moved with manager Ralph Houk to the Detroit Tigers for five years, through 1978. He finished his career in uniform back with the Yankees as a coach, and was serving as a scout for the Yankees when he died in Swampscott, Massachusetts, of a heart attack at the age of 63.
Hegan's son, Mike Hegan, was an All-Star first baseman who played major league baseball from 1964 to 1977, and is now a sports commentator for the Indians.
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