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Matt Deggs
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLouisiana
ConferenceSun Belt
Record118–79
Annual salary$350,000
Biographical details
Born (1971-08-20) August 20, 1971 (age 53)
Texas City, Texas, U.S.
Alma materNorthwood University, 1994
Northwestern State University (Masters, 1996)
Playing career
1991–1992Alvin
1993–1994Northwood
1995Mobile BaySharks
1996-1997Tennessee Tomahawks
Position(s)Infield
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997Northwestern State (assistant)
1998–2002Texarkana
2003–2005Arkansas (assistant)
2006–2010Texas A&M (assistant)
2012–2014Louisiana–Lafayette (assistant)
2015–2019Sam Houston State
2020–presentLouisiana
Head coaching record
Overall305–197
TournamentsNCAA: 6–7
Southland 12–7
Sun Belt: 9–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× Southland (2016, 2018, 2019)
  • 2× Southland tournament (2016, 2017)
  • Sun Belt Tournament (2022)
  • Sun Belt West Division (2021)
Awards
  • Southland Coach of the Year (2016)

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).

Playing career

Deggs 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

Deggs 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

Below is a table of Deggs' Head Coaching years.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
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
Louisiana: 118–79 50–34
Total: 305–197

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Deggs is married to the former Kathy Saldua. They have three children; one son: Kyler, and two daughters: Klaire and Khloe.

See also

References

  1. ^ Donald J. Boyles (January 28, 2009). "Matt Deggs Named Associate Head Baseball Coach". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sam Houston State tabs La.-Lafayette assistant Matt Deggs as head coach". NCAA. July 3, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ^ Scott Prather (June 27, 2014). "UL Assistant Matt Deggs Hired As Head Baseball Coach At Sam Houston State". KPEL (AM). Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. ^ "Matt Deggs Named Head Baseball Coach at SHSU". KBTX. July 1, 2014. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  5. ^ Sean Ryan (January 27, 2015). "Nine Innings with Sam Houston State's Matt Deggs". College Baseball Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Matt Deggs". Sam Houston State Bearkats. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. ^ Joseph Healy (March 30, 2016). "Matt Deggs Blueprint Beginning to Take Shape at Sam Houston State". College Baseball Central. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. ^ 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.
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