Editing Paul Molitor (section)

===Early career===
After retiring as a player, Molitor remained with the Twins as a bench coach for three seasons. He was considered a leading candidate to manage the team when [[Tom Kelly (baseball)|Tom Kelly]] retired after 2001, but he declined in part because the Twins were still being targeted for potential [[2001 Major League Baseball contraction plan|contraction]]. Molitor was a hitting coach with the Mariners in 2004. He then spent the 2005 to 2013 seasons in the Twins organization as a minor league baserunning and fielding instructor. Molitor joined the Twins coaching staff in 2014 to oversee baserunning, bunting, infield instruction, and positioning.<ref name="Bollinger">{{cite web|last1=Bollinger|first1=Rhett|title=Hall of Famer Paul Molitor preparing for role as Twin coach|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/66545260/hall-of-famer-paul-molitor-preparing-for-role-as-twin-coach/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040016/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/66545260/hall-of-famer-paul-molitor-preparing-for-role-as-twin-coach|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=January 13, 2014}}</ref>