Matt Deggs

Matt Deggs
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Louisiana
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	160–99
Annual salary	$350,000
Biographical details
Born	August 20, 1971 (age 53); 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
	2× TEAC (2001,2002); NJCAA World Series Appearance; 3× Southland (2016, 2018, 2019); 2× Southland tournament (2016, 2017); Sun Belt Tournament (2022); 2× Sun Belt West Division (2021, 2024); Sun Belt (2024);
Awards
	Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2024); Southland Coach of the Year (2016);

Matt Deggs (born August 20, 1971) is an American college 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
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
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.

References

^ 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.

[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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