Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. David Howard (born May 10, 1958) is a former minor league baseball player and current minor league baseball coach. Howard is the hitting coach for the Bradenton Marauders, the Class High-A team in the Florida State League affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2009, he was the hitting coach for the Lynchburg Hillcats, the Pirates Class High-A team in the Carolina League. However in 2010, the Pirates and Cincinnati Reds swapped minor league franchises. As a result, the Reds took control of the Hillcats, while the Pirates received Cincinnati's Sarasota Reds.