LAWTON – The Aggie baseball program has added an assistant coach with experience in the Lone Star Conference as head coach
Kyle Williams announced the hiring of
Cooper Harris on Tuesday.
"We are excited to have Coach Harris join our staff," said CU head man Williams. "He is a young, up-and-coming pitching coach who has experience playing in the LSC and coaching in one of the best JUCO conferences in the country. Our pitching staff will make big strides under his guidance."
Harris comes to Cameron University after spending one year as an assistant at Vernon College. At Vernon, he managed the pitchers and catchers while also collecting and organizing data, organizing camps, practices, and weight room schedules, and recruiting the area from Houston to Wichita, Kan.
"I'm extremely excited and blessed to get the opportunity to coach at Cameron," said Harris. "I'm ready to work, compete and grind with these group of guys and turn some heads this year in the LSC."
During his collegiate career, Harris started at Northern Oklahoma College (Enid), where the team won a Conference Championship as well as a South Central Plains Regional, going on to finish third at the World Series in 2018. Harris then attended LSC power West Texas A&M and was a part of the 2019 and 2021 LSC Championship runs.
"I can promise our guys that when they look across the field, they are going to see a coach that wants to work and win just as bad as them."
Harris was an All-Region selection at NOC-Enid and then appeared in 26 games for the Buffs. His best season at WT was in 2020 when he held opposing hitters to a .143 batting average on the mound.
Under the direction of Williams, Harris, and graduate assistant
Cyprien Dussenne the 2023 Aggie baseball squad will look to improve on last season's finish in the LSC standings. They return a strong group that includes the bats of
Beau Williams,
Jayce Clem, and
Colby Flood as well as the arms of
Marcos Feria,
Clayton McClenan, and
Drew Henderson.
The 2023 campaign begins the first weekend of February.
