buck showalter was hired as manager of the texas rangers on october 11, 2002, following a last-place season under manager jerry narron. showalter managed the rangers through the 2006 season, before being fired as manager on october 4, 2006. in november 2006, ron washington was hired as manager of the rangers. he managed the team from 2007 to 2014, longer than any other person in the franchise's history, when he announced his resignation on september 5, 2014. tim bogar managed the rest of the season on an interim basis. jeff banister was hired to lead the team from 2015 to september 21, 2018, when he was fired. don wakamatsu replaced him as interim manager. chris woodward was later hired as the new manager for 2019.