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==Coaching and broadcasting career==
After his playing career ended, Dempsey became a minor league [[Manager (baseball)|manager]] in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, winning the 1994 [[Pacific Coast League]] [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|championship]] with the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Albuquerque Dukes]].<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dempse002joh#standard_managing Rick Dempsey minor league manager record] at Baseball Reference</ref> He then joined the New York Mets organisation, managing the [[Norfolk Tides]] in 1997 and 1998. Dempsey also served as first base [[Coach (baseball)|coach]] for the Orioles for several seasons, first as a third base coach in the {{baseball year|2005}} season after bench coach [[Sam Perlozzo]] was promoted to interim manager. He assumed the [[bullpen]] coach position in the {{baseball year|2006}} season, replacing [[Elrod Hendricks]] who the team intended to reassign to another position in the organization before his death. Later in 2006, he became the first base coach again when the team reassigned [[Dave Cash (baseball)|Dave Cash]].

Dempsey has been a candidate for managerial openings with the Orioles in the past, as recently as {{baseball year|2003}} when the Orioles interviewed him for the spot that eventually went to [[Lee Mazzilli]]. He was mentioned again as a possible candidate for the Baltimore manager's job in 2010, after the firing of [[Dave Trembley]].

Dempsey also served as an Oriole [[color commentator]] in 2000 and began another stint in 2007, as the studio analyst for '''O's Xtra''' on [[MASN]], the cable channel that carries Orioles games. In addition, he serves as a game analyst for occasional games on MASN. In 1985, [[Dick Enberg]] was in [[Exhibition Stadium|Toronto]] for Games 1 and 7 of the [[1985 American League Championship Series|1985 ALCS]] on [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC]]. Enberg hosted the [[Major League Baseball: An Inside Look|pregame show]] alongside Dempsey (who was still active with [[1985 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]] at the time). In 1995, Dempsey worked as a field reporter for [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]]'s coverage of the [[1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] from [[Rangers Ballpark in Arlington|Texas]].{{cn|date=April 2023}} Dempsey was among those laid off by MASN in 2021.<ref name="p770">{{cite web | last=Trezza | first=Joe | title=MASN makes changes to Orioles broadcast team | website=MLB.com | date=2021-01-25 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/masn-makes-changes-to-orioles-broadcast-team | access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref>