Matt Riser

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Matt Riser
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Southeastern Louisiana
Conference Southland Conference
Biographical details
Born (1984-06-25) June 25, 1984 (age 40)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Playing career
2003–2004 Pearl River Community College
2005–2006 Tulane
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007 Tulane (Asst.)
2008–2013 Southeastern Louisiana (Asst.)
2014–Present Southeastern Louisiana

Matt Riser is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball program. He was named to that position on an prior to the 2014 season.[1][2][3]

He grew up in Picayune, Mississippi where he played baseball with Major League Baseball player Rhyne Hughes. After a playing career at Pearl River Community College and Tulane and an appearance in the 2005 College World Series, Riser coached for one season as an assistant with the Green Wave under Rick Jones. He then moved to Southeastern Louisiana for six seasons. After head coach Jay Artigues resigned to become athletic director following the 2013 season, Riser was named interim head coach.[1] Riser was made permanent on January 24, 2014, the first day of spring practice.[4]

Head coaching records

Below is a table of Riser's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southeastern Louisiana (Southland Conference) (2014–present)
2014 Southeastern Louisiana 38-25 18-12 5th NCAA Regional
2015 Southeastern Louisiana 41-15 25-5 1st


Southeastern Louisiana: 79-40 43-17
Total: 79-40

      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

See also

References

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