PHILADELPHIA — Pete Mackanin got a contract extension when the Philadelphia Phillies were scuffling and lost his job after they turned it around.

Mackanin is out as manager after 2½ seasons but will remain in the dugout for the final three games this weekend and return as a special assistant to general manager Matt Klentak in 2018.

“I’m disappointed, surely,” Mackanin said Friday. “But I understand it and I’m happy to be part of it down the road.”

The Phillies are 64-95 this season, last in the NL East and with the second-worst record in the league. Philadelphia has not been to the postseason since 2011.

The 66-year-old Mackanin succeeded Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg on June 26, 2015.