Chad Porter Position: Head Coach

Chad Porter enters his second season as head baseball coach at Texas A&M International University. He directed the Dustdevils to a 20-29 Heartland Conference record and 22-34 overall record in his first season at the helm of the program. Porter's career record through six seasons stands at 120-181.

TAMIU ended the 2009 season on a high note by taking two of three games from perennial conference power St. Mary's. The Rattlers entered that season finale series with a 13-1 lead in the all-time series against the Dustdevils and TAMIU's series win cost St. Mary's a shot at the Heartland Conference championship title.

Before arriving in Laredo Porter spent five years as head coach at Ohio Valley University, a NCAA Division II member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He guided the Scots to a 98-147 overall record during his tenure with the team earning the first two conference tournament appearances in school history, one conference title and one NCAA Regional appearance.

Taking over a squad that won only six games in 2003, Porter quickly changed the tone and expectations of the program. OVU increased its win total in each of Porter's first two seasons at the helm before the program achieved a school-record 37 wins in 2006. That record-setting season included a WVIAC tournament title and NCAA Division II North-Atlantic Regional appearance. Porter was named conference Coach of the Year in recognition of those accomplishments.

Porter was an assistant at Ohio Valley for two seasons before taking over as head coach. He played college baseball at Heidelberg College and OVU.

Porter holds a bachelor's in physical education from OVU and a master's in physical education from West Virginia University. He is married to Valissa Porter and the couple has an infant daughter, Kennedy.