Chris Tracz

Biography

Chris Tracz was named the 19th head coach in the 133-year history of the Army baseball program July 27, 2022. Upon four seasons at the helm, Tracz is 122-86 overall. In 2026, Tracz led Army to its 17th regular season title in program history and his third Patriot League regular season championship across his four seasons at Army, splitting the accolade with Bucknell, while posting a 28-20 overall record and 17-9 mark in regular season league contests. Before Army, Tracz spent 13 seasons (2010-22) as the head coach at Marist College (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), totaling a win-loss record of 315–282–2 (.526), and a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference coaching record of 170–117 (.592), Marist's all-time winningest coach. An accomplished pitcher at Marist himself, Tracz was a three-time captain (2003, 2004, 2005), a Two-Time First Team All-Region selection and appeared in three NCAA Tournaments (2001, 2002, 2005). He compiled a career record of 38-9 with an ERA of 3.13 while striking out 298 batters in 399.2 innings. Tracz also spent the summers of 2002 and 2003 in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Falmouth Commodores. This marks Tracz's second stint with the Black Knights, as he served as an assistant coach during the 2009 season, helping the Army pitching staff lead the Patriot League in six statistical categories including wins, ERA, shutouts, complete games, strikeouts and saves en route to a Patriot League championship.