Keith Beauregard (born May 15, 1983) is an American

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. He is a hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers of

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(MLB).

Career

Beauregard graduated from Leominster High School in

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, in 2001. He enrolled at Saint Anselm College, where he played

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for the

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. He was named All-

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in all four years at Saint Anselm. After graduating, Beauregard played baseball in a semi-professional league before playing

for three years with the

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in the

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, an independent baseball league, from 2005 to 2007. After he retired, he worked in

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. Beauregard was an assistant

at the

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for two years. While there, he also served as the

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for the

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of the Cam-Am League in 2011. He was an assistant coach at Santa Clara University for five years. He became a minor league hitting instructor for the

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before becoming their assistant minor league field coordinator. After the 2022 season, the Detroit Tigers hired Beauregard as a major league hitting coach.

Personal life

Beauregard and his wife, Monica, have two daughters. They live in

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