Auntwan Riggins

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Auntwan Riggins
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Prairie View A&M
Conference SWAC
Record159-267
Biographical details
Born (1976-06-17) June 17, 1976 (age 48)
Lufkin, Texas
Alma mater Texas Southern University
Playing career
1996–1998 Texas Southern
1998 Medicine Hat Blue Jays
1998–1999 St. Catharines Stompers
2000 Hagerstown Suns
2001 Fort Wayne Wizards
2001 Lake Elsinore Storm
2001 Fort Wayne Wizards
2001 Portland Beavers
2002 Lake Elsinore Storm
2003 Evansville Otters
2004 Coastal Bend Aviators
Position(s) Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–present Prairie View A&M
Head coaching record
Overall159–267
TournamentsSWAC: 8–14
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC West division (2021)

Auntwan Demone Riggins (born June 17, 1976) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Prairie View A&M Panthers baseball team. [1]

Contents

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2016–present)
2016 Prairie View A&M 10–325–185th (West)
2017 Prairie View A&M 20–3711–133rd (West) SWAC Tournament
2018 Prairie View A&M 14–408–164th (West) SWAC Tournament
2019 Prairie View A&M 18–359–144th (West) SWAC Tournament
2020 Prairie View A&M 4–151–5(West)Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Prairie View A&M 14–1812–71st (West) SWAC Tournament
2022 Prairie View A&M 30–2719–114th (West) SWAC Tournament
2023 Prairie View A&M 20–3714–154th (West) SWAC Tournament
2024 Prairie View A&M 29–2618–93rd (West) SWAC Tournament
Prairie View A&M:159–26797–108
Total:159–267

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. "Auntwan Riggins hired as Prairie View A&M's baseball coach". www.pvpanthers.com. Prairie View A&M University. August 28, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2018.