Nelson Paulino

Nelson Rafael Paulino (born January 23, 1973) is a former minor league infielder and current hitting coach in the Boston Red Sox minor league system. Listed at and , he was a switch hitter and threw right handed.

Career Paulino started his professional career with the Atlanta Braves organization, playing for them at three different minor league levels from 1992 through 1994. He played all four infield positions, mostly as a second baseman, and posted a combined average of .233 with four home runs and 47 runs batted in in 237 games.

In 2012, Paulino was named the hitting coach for the Low-A Lowell Spinners, Paulino then served as hitting coach for Boston's Single-A affiliate, the Greenville Drive, in 2014 and 2015, and was again assigned to Salem for the 2020 season, which was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned to Salem for 2021, with the team now at the Single-A level as part of MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues.

On April 27, 2026, Paulino was named as the interim hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox following the firing of the majority of the major league coaching staff.