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Chris Tracz

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Chris Tracz
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Army
Conference	Patriot League
Record	69–39 (.639)
Biographical details
Born	(1982-03-24) March 24, 1982 (age 42) North Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2005	Marist

Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2008	Marist (P/RC)
2009	Army (P)
2010–2022	Marist
2023–present	Army

Head coaching record
Overall	384–323–2 (.543)
Tournaments	NCAA: 0–6
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAAC Tournament (2017) 2x Patriot Tournament (2023, 2024) 2x Patriot regular season (2023, 2024)
Awards
2× MAAC Pitcher of the Year (2002, 2005) MAAC Coach of the Year (2022) Patriot Coach of the Year (2023)

Chris Tracz (born March 24, 1982) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Army Black Knights. He played college baseball for Marist from 2001 to 2005. He served as the head coach of the Marist Red Foxes (2010–2022).

Playing career

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Tracz was a pitcher for Marist from 2001 to 2005, helping the Red Foxes to reach three NCAA tournaments and serving as a captain for his final three seasons. In 2002 and 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[1]^[2]

Coaching career

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Tracz began his coaching career as an assistant with the Red Foxes, serving as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. He spent one season as an assistant with Army before returning to Marist as head coach.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In July 2011, Tracz was inducted into the North Branford High School Hall of Fame.^[6]

In June 2016, Tracz was named to the MAAC 35th anniversary team for spring sports.^[7]

In 2017, Tracz guided Marist to win their first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship since 2009. This Team received the #4 seed in the Gainesville Regional to represent the MAAC in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[8]^{[circular reference]}

On July 27, 2022, Tracz was named the head coach at Army.^[9]

Dave Magarity is Chris's Father-In-Law

Head coaching record

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This table depicts Tracz's record as a head coach.

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marist Red Foxes (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2010–2022)
2010	Marist	33–22	16–8	2nd	MAAC tournament
2011	Marist	35–17	13–11	T-4th
2012	Marist	25–25	11–12	5th
2013	Marist	27–24-1	17–7	2nd	MAAC tournament
2014	Marist	17–32	10–14	7th
2015	Marist	19–27-1	12–12	6th	MAAC tournament
2016	Marist	23–28	12–12	6th	MAAC tournament
2017	Marist	32–23	16–8	3rd	NCAA Regional
2018	Marist	27–23	14–10	5th	MAAC tournament
2019	Marist	27–26	15–9	T-3rd	MAAC tournament
2020	Marist	3–9	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Marist	18–11	17–9	5th	MAAC tournament
2022	Marist	29–17	17–5	2nd	MAAC tournament
Marist:		315–284–2 (.526)	170–117 (.592)
Army Black Knights (Patriot League) (2023–present)
2023	Army	38–16	21–4	1st	NCAA Regional
2024	Army	31–23	16–8	1st	NCAA Regional
Army:		69–39 (.639)	37–12 (.755)
Total:		384–323–2 (.543)
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

References

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^ "2002 Falmouth Commodores". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^ "2003 Falmouth Commodores". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
^ "Marist hires Tracz as Coach". Poughkeepsie Journal. July 15, 2009. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "Chris Tracz Joins Army Baseball Staff". Army Black Knights. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "Chris Tracz Biography". Marist Red Foxes. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "Chris Tracz".
^ "Four Marist Graduates Make MAAC 35th Anniversary Team".
^ 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
^ McMillan, Ken (July 27, 2022). "College baseball: Marist coach moves to Army". Times Herald-Record. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

v t e Current head baseball coaches of the Patriot League
Chris Tracz (Army) Scott Heather (Bucknell) Ed Kahovec (Holy Cross) A. J. Miller (Lafayette) Sean Leary (Lehigh) Chuck Ristano (Navy)

v t e Marist Red Foxes head baseball coaches
Art Smith (1991–1995) John Szefc (1996–2002) Jim Tyrrell (2003) Joe Raccuia (2004–2005) Dennis Healy (2006–2009) Chris Tracz (2010–2022) Lance Ratchford (2023– )