Steven L. Trout (born October 4, 1984) is an American

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coach and former

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. He is the head baseball coach of

Texas State University Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the second largest university in the Greater Austin metropolitan area and the fifth largest university ...

. Trout played college baseball at

Texarkana College Texarkana College is a public community college in Texarkana, Texas. History Texarkana College was formed in 1927, as a branch of the Texarkana Independent School District, which voted to proceed with plans for establishment of a community co ...

from 2004 to 2005 before transferring to

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples ...

where he played for coach

Jim Schlossnagle Jim Schlossnagle (born August 12, 1970) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. He played college baseball at Elon from 1986 to 1989 for head coach Rick Jones. He then se ...

in 2006 and 2007.

Playing career

Trout attended Hooks High School in Hooks, Texas. Trout played for the school's varsity

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and

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. Trout then enrolled at

, to play

for the Texarkana Bulldogs team. As a freshman at Texarkana College in 2004, Trout had a .312

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, 8 home runs, and 25 RBIs. As a sophomore in 2005, Trout batted .353 with four home runs. In the 2006 season as a junior, Trout hit .286 with 2 home runs and 33 RBIs. Trout had his best season as a senior in 2007, hitting a career high in doubles (18), home runs (4), RBIs (44), batting average (.326) and slugging (.455). He was named 2nd team All-

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. Trout then played half a season each for the

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, and the

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Coaching career

In 2009, Trout was named a volunteer assistant for the

Texas State Bobcats baseball The Texas State Bobcats baseball program is the intercollegiate baseball team representing Texas State University. The Bobcats' first season was in 1985, and have played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark on the university's campus in San Marco ...

program. In August 2010, Trout was named a volunteer assistant for the

Houston Cougars baseball The Houston Cougars baseball team is the college baseball team of the University of Houston. Along with the university's other athletic teams, the baseball team is a member of the American Athletic Conference as a Division I team. They play thei ...

team. Trout became the head baseball coach at

in the fall of 2011, replacing

Will Bolt Will Bolt (born 1979) is an American baseball coach and former shortstop, who is the current head baseball coach at the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played college baseball at Nebraska for coach Dave Van Horn from 1999 to 2002. He then served as the h ...

, and was the head coach for the 2012 season. On June 14, 2012, Trout was named the hitting coach of the

West Virginia Mountaineers baseball The West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference s ...

team. Trout returned to the Texas State staff as a paid assistant in the fall of 2015. On July 1, 2019, Trout was named the head coach of Texas State. After a record-setting 2022 season in which Texas State set a program record with 47 wins, won the Sun Belt regular season championship, and reached the finals of the Stanford Regional, Trout signed a 5-year extension through the 2027 season.

Head coaching record

References

External links

TCU profileTexas Statep rofile
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

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