Trent John Pratt (born August 25, 1979) is a baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the

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. He played college baseball at Arizona State from 1999 to 200 before transferring to

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where he played in 2001 and 2002 before playing professionally from 2002 to 2005..

Playing career

Pratt went to

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in Tooele, Utah, where he played catcher. Pratt was selected in the 38th round of the

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by the Texas Rangers. He declined to sign with the Rangers, and attended

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. As a Freshman, Pratt hit .307 with 2 home runs and 24 RBI. As a sophomore, he batted .302 with 1 home run and 14 RBI. The following year, Pratt transferred to

, where he batted .308 with 7 home runs and 41 RBI, following the season he was drafted in the 34th round of the

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by the Arizona Diamondbacks, but chose to return to Auburn for his senior year. He hit .308 with 8 home runs and 54 RBI. For his efforts, he was named second team All- Southeastern Conference. He was drafted for the third time during the

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by the

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. Pratt began his professional career in with the Short-Season Batavia Muckdogs of the New York–Penn League, he batted .237 with seven doubles, 28

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and 12 RBIs in 39 games. In Pratt spent the entire season with

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of the

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. He hit .217 with 13 doubles, one triple, 55 hits, 1 steal and 25 RBI in 78 games. Pratt returned to Clearwater in , where he hit .195 with 4 home rusn, 7 doubles, one triple, 60 hits and 26 RBI in 93 games. In 2005, Pratt received a promotion to the Double-A

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of the Eastern League. He finished the 2005 campaign batting .196 with two home runs, 8 doubles, one triples, 43 hits and 18 RBI in 74 games.

Coaching career

Pratt began his coaching career as an assistant with the Dixie State Trailblazers in 2007. Pratt joined the coaching staff of the

for the 2013 season. On April 11, 2022, BYU head coach

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resigned his position, with Pratt being named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. After guiding the Cougars to a 16–9 mark for the remainder of the 2022 season, BYU decided to remove the interim tag and named Pratt the permanent head coach.

Head coaching record

References

External links

BYU Cougars bio
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