Assistant Coach Chris Todd
Chris Todd , has joined the Sam Houston State staff as assistant baseball coach after serving the past four seasons as assistant coach at Angelina College.
Todd is a 1995 graduate of Lufkin High School and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Texas at Austin in August 2000.
At SHSU Todd will serve as recruiting coordinator as well as assisting with the pitchers and catchers.
Todd was a member of the baseball team at Texas for five years, serving as a student assistant for the last three years. He was a member of the staff that directed the Longhorns to the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, NE in 2000.
After college, Todd spent a year as a volunteer coach for Jeff Livin at Angelina College in his hometown of Lufkin , TX
Todd has spent the last four years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Livin at Angelina College . He helped to sign highly touted recruiting classes that led to Angelina's conference championship title in 2005. In his four years as recruiting coordinator at Angelina they signed nine players that were eventually selected in the June Major League Baseball draft, four of which signed including one supplemental first-round pick in 2005.
During his time as recruiting coordinator, Angelina broke or tied 20 school records for pitching and offense and compiled a record of 137–79 while qualifying for three regional tournaments in four years. He recruited and signed two All-Americans, one conference pitcher of the year and one conference MVP as well as numerous All-Region and All-Conference selections.
Chris is married to wife Tricia and they will celebrate their third wedding anniversary in October.
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