Matt Deggs

Matt Deggs (born August 20, 1971) is an American baseball coach and former infielder, who is the current the head baseball baseball coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. He played college baseball at Alvin Community College (1991–1992) then transferred to Northwood College (1993–1994) before playing professional baseball for 3 season from 1995 to 1997. He then served as the head coach of the Sam Houston State Bearkats (2015–2019).

Matt Deggs
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLouisiana
ConferenceSun Belt
Record8–9
Annual salary$350,000
Biographical details
Born (1971-08-20) August 20, 1971
Texas City, Texas
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
Overall195–127
TournamentsNCAA: 5–5
Southland 12–7
Sun Belt: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× Southland (2016, 2018, 2019)
  • 2× Southland tournament (2016, 2017)
Awards
  • Southland Coach of the Year (2016)

Playing career

Diggs played college baseball at Alvin Community College before transferring to Northwood College 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 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 17th, 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 31–2817–125thSouthland Tournament
2016 Sam Houston State 42–2224–61stNCAA Regional
2017 Sam Houston State 44–2319–113rdNCAA Super Regional
2018 Sam Houston State 39–2024–61stSouthland Tournament
2019 Sam Houston State 31–2520–101stSouthland Tournament
Sam Houston State: 187–118104–45
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2020–present)
2020 Louisiana 8–90–0(West)Season canceled due to COVID-19
Louisiana: 8–90–0
Total:195–127

      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 four children; one son: Kyler, and two daughters: Klaire and Khloe.

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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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