after the season. Post-playing career Coaching In 1980, Nelson was named a coach for Texas Christian University's baseball team. The following season, he returned to the majors as a coach for the Chicago White Sox, where he remained until 1984. Over the next two-plus decades would work in various capacities for the Oakland Athletics (Director of Instruction, 1986–1987), Montreal Expos (minor league baserunning instructor, 1990–1991), Cleveland Indians (1992–1997), and Milwaukee Brewers (minor league outfield instructor, 2001–2002, first base coach, 2003–2006). Broadcasting Nelson was a pregame analyst for the Milwaukee Brewers on Fox Sports Wisconsin. He was also the Director of Milwaukee Brewers Alumni Relations. His previous experience as a sportscaster was on Kansas City Royals telecasts in 1979, on Chicago Cubs radio broadcasts from 1988–1989, and on Cleveland Indians radio broadcasts from 1998–1999. Charity work Nelson also sat on the board of directors for Open Arms Home for Children, a non-profit organization that provides homes to orphaned children affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa. Death Nelson died of liver cancer on April 22, 2018, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the age of 73. Honors On May 26, 2012 Nelson was inducted into the Compton Community College Athletics Hall of Fame, under the category of Baseball. References External links Retrosheet 1944 births 2018 deaths African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball players Águilas del Zulia players American League All-Stars Arizona Instructional League Athletics players Baseball players from Oklahoma California State University, Los Angeles alumni Chicago Cubs announcers Chicago White Sox coaches Cleveland Indians announcers Cleveland Indians coaches Cleveland Indians players Deaths from cancer in Wisconsin Deaths from liver cancer Denver Bears players Dubuque Packers players Kansas City Royals announcers Kansas City Royals players Leones del Caracas players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Major League Baseball broadcasters Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball second basemen Military personnel from Oklahoma Milwaukee Brewers announcers Milwaukee Brewers coaches Pawtucket Indians players People from Fort Sill, Oklahoma Portland Beavers players Salinas Indians players Texas Rangers players Washington Senators (1961–1971) players United States Army reservists 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people Junípero Serra High School (Gardena, California) alumni