Post Playing Career
After Buckner retired from professional baseball he moved his family to Idaho, where he invested in real estate in the Boise area. One of the housing subdivisions which he developed is named Fenway Park. He lent his name to and was a minority owner of a local car dealership, Bill Buckner Motors in Emmett, which was in business from 2006 to 2008.
On January 4, 2011, Buckner was named the manager of the Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League.
The Rox posted a 51–42 record in 2011, but went on hiatus following the season. In December, Buckner became the hitting instructor for the Boise Hawks for 2012. The Hawks are the Cubs' affiliate in the Short season class A Northwest League.
Buckner was inducted into the Napa High School Hall of fame in 1997 and the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame in 2010.
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