Editing Jason Varitek (section)

==Post-playing career==
On September 27, 2012, then-Red Sox general manager [[Ben Cherington]] announced that Varitek was named special assistant to the general manager.<ref name="Red Sox Press Release">{{cite web|date=September 27, 2012|title=Boston Red Sox name Jason Varitek Special Assistant to the General Manager|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015075609/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120927&content_id=39124638&vkey=pr_bos&c_id=bos|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120927&content_id=39124638&vkey=pr_bos&c_id=bos|archive-date=October 15, 2012|access-date=January 24, 2013|website=[[Boston Red Sox]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref><ref name="Clubhouse Insider">{{cite web|title=Red Sox name Jason Varitek as special assistant to the GM|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/red_sox/index.php/2012/09/27/red-sox-name-jason-varitek-as-special-assistant-to-the-gm/|access-date=September 27, 2012|work=[[The Boston Herald]]}} {{Dead link|date=May 2021}}</ref>  In that role, Cherington said Varitek would be involved in areas such as "major league personnel decisions, evaluations, and mentorship and instruction of young players."<ref name="Clubhouse Insider"/> His role by March 2018 was "Special Assistant to the President of Baseball Operations".<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Sox Front Office|url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/team/front-office|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315222719/https://www.mlb.com/redsox/team/front-office|archive-date=March 15, 2018|access-date=March 15, 2018|website=[[Boston Red Sox]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> After not appearing in the team's front-office directory during the 2019 season, in 2020 he was listed as "Special Assistant / Catching Coach".<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Sox Front Office|url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/team/front-office|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708052416/https://www.mlb.com/redsox/team/front-office|archive-date=July 8, 2020|access-date=July 8, 2020|website=[[Boston Red Sox]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]|via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> On November 20, 2020, Varitek was named to the uniformed coaching role of game planning coordinator on the coaching staff of manager [[Alex Cora]]. His title was changed to Player Information Coach before the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Browne|first=Ian|date=November 20, 2020|title=Bench coach Venable completes Boston staff|website=[[Boston Red Sox]]|publisher=[[MLB.com]]|url=https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/will-venable-hired-red-sox-bench-coach|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref> On November 2, 2022, Varitek signed a three–year contract extension to remain on Boston's coaching staff.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jason Varitek signs new 3-year deal to remain on Red Sox coaching staff|url=https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2022/11/jason-varitek-signs-new-3-year-deal-to-remain-on-red-sox-coaching-staff.html?outputType=amp|access-date=June 29, 2023|website=masslive.com| date=November 3, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>