BASEBALL: Rice hires Bragga from Tenn. Tech
Published 6:05 pm Saturday, June 16, 2018
Matt Bragga has been named to replace Wayne Graham as Rice head coach, almost a week after leading Tennessee Tech in a Super Regional against Texas.
Bragga was Tennessee Tech’s head coach for 15 seasons. The Golden Eagles finished second in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament after winning the regular-season title and turned heads in the NCAA tournament with a two-game upset of regional host Ole Miss to set up the Super Regional with the Longhorns. Tennessee Tech won Game 1, 5-4, but Texas took the next two games 4-2 and 5-2.
Bragga, a former Kentucky standout, won 446 games at Tennessee Tech.
— I.C. Murrell
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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