SEATTLE — In their latest coaching staff makeover, the Seattle Mariners have opted for an in-house approach they say allows them to continue what they’ve started.

The team announced Friday that none of the 2013 coaches under Eric Wedge will return to their spots in 2014. Instead, the team announced a slate of new coaches under new manager Lloyd McClendon, the more prominent of which come from its minor-league ranks.

New hitting coach Howard Johnson performed that role in Class AAA last year, pitching coach Rick Waits was a minor-league instructor for the team, and third-base coach John Stearns managed in AAA. The Mariners also promoted Chris Woodward from minor-league instructor to infield coach, while importing from elsewhere Andy Van Slyke as first-base coach and Mike Rojas as bullpen coach.

“Obviously, there’s some advantage to having some guys from within the organization for a numbers of reasons,” said McClendon, who had announced Trent Jewitt as his bench coach a couple of weeks ago. “No. 1, I think if you have an opportunity to promote from within, I think it’s very healthy for your organization.

“No. 2, if those guys are very qualified individuals, then it becomes an A-plus. And I think that’s what we have here. We have a couple of men I think are very qualified, very capable of getting the job done for us.”

Johnson, who turns 53 next week, becomes the team’s fifth hitting coach since the 2010 season. He replaces Dave Hansen, who general manager Jack Zduriencik said could possibly return as an assistant hitting coach if he fails to land a major-league job elsewhere.

Johnson, the former New York Mets star, spent 11 seasons in various capacities with that club before joining the Mariners last season. He spent the month of September with the major league club.

Waits, 61, had been the team’s minor-league pitching coordinator the past three seasons and knows several of the team’s young arms.

Stearns, 62, spent most of last season managing the AAA Tacoma Rainiers when Daren Brown was promoted to handle third-base coaching duties in Seattle after Jeff Datz was diagnosed with cancer. Zduriencik said Brown has been offered a minor-league role with the organization if he fails to catch on to a big-league staff elsewhere, and Datz has accepted a pro scouting role with the team.

Woodward, 37, spent last season as a roving infield instructor with the Mariners after retiring as a player. He has coaching experience with young Mariners infielders Brad Miller and Nick Franklin.

Rojas, 50, was the Tigers’ bullpen coach the past 2 1⁄2 seasons. He comes from a catching background, which is a departure from the Mariners’ usual use of former pitchers to fill that role and provides what they hope will be a different look.

Van Slyke, 52, the former Pirates star in the early 1990s, teamed with McClendon on those squads and was on staff with him in Detroit as first-base coach from 2006 through 2009.

Van Slyke has been away from baseball the past four seasons.

“For me, Andy Van Slyke, in all my years of baseball, is probably the most impressive practice coach that I’ve ever been around,” McClendon said. “As far as getting the guys prepared for the game, making guys better at their positions.”