After Baseball
Charboneau dabbled in sports management after his retirement, and even hosted his own radio show for a time. He returned to baseball in 1999 with the Canton Crocodiles of the Frontier League, serving as hitting instructor, first base coach, and director of baseball operations through 2001. (He even stepped in as a pinch-hitter in 2000, singling in his only at-bat.) He later worked for several other Frontier League teams in Washington, Windy City, Richmond and Chillicothe.
Today, he works as a hitting coach, giving lessons at Fielder's Choice Baseball and regularly does autograph signings in the greater Cleveland area. After stints as a hitting coach for the Victoria (TX) Generals in the Texas Collegiate League and at Notre Dame College, located in Cleveland, he became the head of the baseball program at the Parks and Recreation Department for the city of North Ridgeville, Ohio.
In January 2010, Charboneau was taken to the hospital after a bar fight in North Ridgeville. Joe wound up receiving seven staples in his head, but no charges were filed.
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