University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Former UTA baseball standout Chad Comer is in his first season as an assistant coach for the program in 2020 after being hired in August of 2019.

In his first season as hitting coach in 2020, Comer's presence was seen immediately.  In the shortened season, Connor Aube finished the season with a hit in each game he played in, giving him a 15 game hitting streak for the season. Two Mavericks landed on the D1Baseball Top Senior Hitters list.  Zac Cook finished #8 on the list, while Andrew Keefer finished #43. Cook also landed on the D1Baseball top second baseman list, ranked the 27th best in the country after slashing .321/.500/.623. 

Comer spent the 2019 season as a hitting instructor at the Rangers' Arizona complex. He spent the three seasons prior with the Dominican Summer League Rangers as a hitting coach. Comer originally joined the Texas organization as a coach on the Hickory staff in 2015, when they were South Atlantic League Champions.

After taking over as hitting coach for the DSL Rangers, the team finished in the Top 10 in the league in batting average, walks, on-base percentage, runs batted in, home runs and runs scored.

The former UTA standout played two seasons in the Atlanta Braves organization, concluding his playing career with High-A Lynchburg in 2012. He was drafted by the Braves in the 29th round of the 2011 June Draft following four successful seasons with the Mavs.

During his four-year career at UTA, the Mansfield native was a member of the 2010 Johnny Bench Award Watch List (top collegiate catcher), a three-time All-Southland Conference selection and a four-year starter for the Mavericks, finishing his college career in the top 10 of several UT Arlington career categories.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT COMER
"Chad was a self-made really good player and has been doing the same in his coaching career. His work ethic and leadership will not only help his players but the entire UTA baseball program."

- Jay Sirianni
Former UTA pitching coach and current head coach at Sam Houston State

"Chad is a class individual. He made a huge positive impact on our players and our culture over the past five seasons. Everyone in the Rangers organization wishes Chad all the best as he head's home to join the UTA staff. We are supportive of Chad, happy for the Mavericks program and want to thank Chad for all he invested here."

- Mike Daly
Assistant General Manager, Texas Rangers
 

THE COMER FILE

Began at UTA
2019

Past Experience
AZL Rangers: Hitting Coach / Catching Coach (2019)
DSL Rangers: Hitting Coach / Catching Coach (2018)
DSL Rangers: Catching Coach / Hitting Coach / Manager (2017)
DSL Rangers Catching Coach / Manager (2016)
Hickory Crawdads: Coach / Catching Coach (2015)

Education
UT Arlington: B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies (2011)

Hometown
Mansfield, Texas