Matt Deggs


Matt Deggs 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 then transferred to Northwood College before playing professional baseball for 3 season from 1995 to 1997. He then served as the head coach of the Sam Houston State Bearkats.

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, and three seasons at Louisiana
before beginning at Sam Houston State. 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.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Deggs' Head Coaching years.

Personal Life

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