Matt Bragga


Matthew A. Bragga is an American baseball coach and former Utility player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Rice Owls. He played college baseball at Kentucky for coach Keith Madison from 1991 to 1994. He then served as the head coach at Tennessee Tech.

Playing career

Bragga was a 4-year letter winner for the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team from 1991 through 1994. He signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds organization and played two years of minor league baseball for the Butte Copper Kings and the Charleston AlleyCats.

Coaching career

In 1996, Bragga began his coaching career as an assistant at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama. The following season, he accepted the head coaching position at Bevill State Community College. In 2001, Bragga accepted a position as an assistant coach at Birmingham–Southern College. The 2001, Birmingham–Southern finished 55–11 and won the NAIA World Series.
On June 15, 2018, Bragga was announced as the new head coach of the Rice Owls baseball program.

Head coaching record