Matt Deggs (born August 20, 1971) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current head baseball coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He played college baseball at Alvin Community College (1991–1992) then transferred to Northwood University (1993–1994) before playing professional baseball for 3 seasons from 1995 to 1997. He then served as the head coach of the Sam Houston State Bearkats (2015–2019).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisiana |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 160–99 |
| Annual salary | $350,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 20, 1971 Texas City, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Northwood University, 1994 Northwestern State University (Masters, 1996) |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1992 | Alvin |
| 1993–1994 | Northwood |
| 1995 | Mobile BaySharks |
| 1996-1997 | Tennessee Tomahawks |
| Position(s) | Infield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 | Northwestern State (assistant) |
| 1998–2002 | Texarkana |
| 2003–2005 | Arkansas (assistant) |
| 2006–2010 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2012–2014 | Louisiana–Lafayette (assistant) |
| 2015–2019 | Sam Houston State |
| 2020–present | Louisiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 347–217 (NCAA) 187–100 (NJCAA) |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 8–9 Southland 12–7 Sun Belt: 9–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Playing career
editDeggs played college baseball at Alvin Community College before transferring to Northwood University and a brief professional career with the Mobile BaySharks and the Tennessee Tomahawks for three years.
Coaching career
editDeggs became an assistant coach at Northwestern State for two seasons. He completed his undergraduate degree at Northwestern State and then became head coach at Texarkana. He then was a hitting and infield coach at Arkansas for 3 seasons, Texas A&M for six seasons during which he rose to become Associate Head Coach,[1] and three seasons at Louisiana[2][3] before beginning at Sam Houston State.[4][5][6][7] After 5 seasons at Sam Houston, Deggs was named head coach of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns’ baseball team on July 17, 2019, following the death of longtime head coach, Tony Robichaux.[8]
Head coaching record
editBelow is a table of Deggs' Head Coaching years.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Texarkana College Tigers (Texas Eastern Athletic Conference) (1998–2002) | |||||||||
| Texarkana College (NJCAA): | 187–100 | NJCAA World Series Appearance | |||||||
| Sam Houston State Bearkats (Southland Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Sam Houston State | 31–28 | 17–12 | 5th | Southland tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Sam Houston State | 42–22 | 24–6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2017 | Sam Houston State | 44–23 | 19–11 | 3rd | NCAA Super Regional | ||||
| 2018 | Sam Houston State | 39–20 | 24–6 | 1st | Southland tournament | ||||
| 2019 | Sam Houston State | 31–25 | 20–10 | 1st | Southland tournament | ||||
| Sam Houston State: | 187–118 | 104–45 | |||||||
| Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Louisiana | 8–9 | 0–0 | (West) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Louisiana | 32–23 | 13–11 | T–1st (West) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Louisiana | 37–23 | 19–11 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2023 | Louisiana | 41–24 | 18–12 | 4th | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2024 | Louisiana | 42–20 | 23–7 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Louisiana: | 160–99 | 73–41 | |||||||
| Total: | 347–217 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
editDeggs is married to the former Kathy Saldua. They have three children; one son: Kyler, and two daughters: Klaire and Khloe.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Donald J. Boyles (January 28, 2009). "Matt Deggs Named Associate Head Baseball Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Sam Houston State tabs La.-Lafayette assistant Matt Deggs as head coach". NCAA. July 3, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ Scott Prather (June 27, 2014). "UL Assistant Matt Deggs Hired As Head Baseball Coach At Sam Houston State". KPEL (AM). Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Matt Deggs Named Head Baseball Coach at SHSU". KBTX. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ Sean Ryan (January 27, 2015). "Nine Innings with Sam Houston State's Matt Deggs". College Baseball Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Matt Deggs". Sam Houston State Bearkats. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ Joseph Healy (March 30, 2016). "Matt Deggs Blueprint Beginning to Take Shape at Sam Houston State". College Baseball Central. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ Kevin Foote (July 17, 2019). "UL will name Matt Deggs as its new head baseball coach just 15 days after Tony Robichaux's death". The Acadiana Advocate. Retrieved July 17, 2019.