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Dr. Bragg Stockton
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Dr. Bragg Stockton

High School:
Woodrow Wilson
Last College:
Sul Ross '60, '62
Position:
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Years at UH:
2; 9 years overall

Dr. Bragg Stockton begins his second season as a volunteer coach with the Cougar Baseball program in 2003. For the second straight year, he will work with the Cougar pitching staff.

However, Stockton is no stranger to UH Baseball fans. In fact, Stockton is one of the pioneers of the UH program, racking up 283 wins and leading the Cougars to two NCAA Regional berths during his tenure as head coach from 1987 to 1994. In addition, 80 of his former players have played on some level of professional baseball and more than 25 former players have served as head coaches on the high school, junior college and NCAA levels.

Returning to UH in 2002 as an assistant coach, Stockton guided the Cougar pitching staff to one of the finest seasons in school history. Cougar hurlers set a new school record with 548 strikeouts and posted the second-highest mark in Conference USA history.

On consecutive nights in mid-April, Cougar pitchers set new UH and Conference USA single-game records with 19 strikeouts against league rival Memphis.

UH also finished fifth nationally with a 3.20 team ERA as five regular Cougar pitchers posted ERAs under 3.00 and seven finished under 4.00.

Stockton first emerged as a successful coach at Jesse H. Jones High School in Houston as his teams won four district titles from 1965 to 1969.

In 1970, he took over the head duties at San Jacinto Junior College and led his teams to eight conference championships, five Region 14 titles and three trips to the National Junior College World Series through 11 seasons. His teams went 424-112 over that span, and Stockton earned District Junior College Coach of the Year honors three times.

Stockton left San Jacinto in 1980 when he was named assistant coach at UH. He helped guide the Cougars to a 117-49-3 record, including a trip to the NCAA West Regional in 1982.

Following the 1983 season, Stockton was named head coach at TCU. He led the Horned Frogs to a 91-68 mark in three seasons.

Stockton ran a highly successful “Skills and Drills” summer baseball camp throughout Harris County which taught the fundamentals of the game to more than 10,000 players. He has also written three books and served as the instructional clinician at the American Baseball Coaches Association, the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association and the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Convention.

A junior college All-America basketball star at Tarleton State, Stockton continued to play baseball and basketball after enrolling at Sul Ross State. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Alpine, Texas, school in 1962 and received a PhD in education from the University of Houston.

He continued his baseball career as he played A-level baseball for the Houston Colt 45s (now the Houston Astros).

Stockton and his wife Judy have four children: Rebecca Lee, Rachelle Maraffa, Russell and Rosemary Fortenberry and 10 grandchildren.

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