Matt Bragga enters his first season with the Auburn baseball program as the director of player development.
 
Bragga comes to the Plains with 25 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, including 22 years of experience as a head coach, 18 of which came at the Division I level.
 
In his role as director of player development, Bragga will oversee several areas including academics, analytics, scheduling and scouting reports, among other responsibilities.   
 
In 22 seasons as a head coach, Bragga amassed 645 career wins, including 497 wins at the Division I level. He broke into coaching as the head coach at Bevill State Community College from 1997-2000 before serving as an assistant coach at Birmingham-Southern from 2001-2003. Bragga then took his first Division I head coaching job at Tennessee Tech in 2004 and held the position for 15 seasons before most recently serving as the head coach at Rice from 2019-21.
 
A four-time Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year, Bragga compiled a 446-392-2 record at the helm of Tennessee Tech and took the Golden Eagles to three NCAA Tournaments, including the program's first regional championship and super regional appearance in 2018. He mentored 15 All-Americans in his 15 seasons in Cookeville, including three-time OVC Player of the Year and 2016 National Freshman of the Year Kevin Strohschein as well as the second-highest draft pick in program history in Ethan Roberts.
 
In his 18 seasons as the head coach at Tennessee Tech and Rice, 31 of Bragga's players were selected in the MLB Draft, including 10 players who were taken in the top 10 rounds.
 
A native of Jefferson, Ohio, Bragga played at the University of Kentucky from 1991-94 and graduated with a degree in communications before spending two seasons in professional baseball. He is married to the former Elisa Currins, and the couple are the proud parents of Luke and Emerson (Emmy).