Army West Point Athletics
Baseball
Tracz, Chris
Chris Tracz
- Title:
- Head Baseball Coach
- Phone:
- 4938
Chris Tracz was named the 19th head coach in the 133-year history of the Army baseball program July 27, 2022. Upon three seasons at the helm, Tracz is 94-66 overall.
Tracz won his 400th career game as a Division I Head coach April 6, 2025. The Black Knights would go on to defeat Navy in the Patriot League Semifinal Series later in the season, sweeping a pair of games May 11 in Annapolis, including a 6-5, 10-inning win in Game 3 of the series.
Despite losing key hitters Derek Berg, Sam Ruta and Braden Golinski in the 2024-25 offseason, Tracz’s club improved its batting average from ‘24 in ’25, from .274 to .279.
In 2025, RHP Andrew Berg, INF Thomas Schreck, OF/INF Chris Barr and OF William Parker were each named to the Patriot League All-Conference First Team, while OF Addison Ainsworth and C Jack Quinlan each earned Second Team accolades. Quinlan was also a Buster Posey Award semifinalist among the nation’s top collegiate catchers.
Berg earned all-league honors after transitioning from a bullpen role to a member of the starting rotation. Meanwhile, Schreck improved his batting average from .210 to .335 in 2025.
In 2025, Justin Lehman proved to be one of the country’s top two-way players, being named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week May 13 and a finalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year. In a season highlighted by a 142-pitch, seven inning win at Navy in Game 2 of the Patriot League Semifinals, Lehman finished the season with a 4.02 ERA and a .316 ERA. The senior also batted a blistering .524 in the postseason while recording a 1.32 postseason ERA across 13.2 innings.
In 2024, Tracz led the Black Knights to their sixth consecutive Patriot League Tournament Championship and NCAA Regional Appearance, with a berth in the NCAA Athens Regional. Earlier in the year, Army won the Baseball Star Series over Navy for the third consecutive season, with a dramatic rubber matchup victory April 28 off a Chris Barr walk-off base hit. The club then went on to defeat the Midshipmen two games to none in the best-of-three Patriot League Championship Series May 19-20.
Army was 5-2 against Navy in 2024, and also knocked off Air Force 13-2 on March 2 in Sugar Land, Texas.
The Black Knights boasted the Patriot League Pitcher of the Year in Justin Lehman, highlighted by his nine-inning, complete-game shutout win over Navy April 26.
Lehman and fellow starting pitcher Matthew Ronnebaum earned First Team Patriot League All-Conference honors, along with relief pitcher Andrew Berg, catcher Derek Berg and outfielder William Parker. Outfielder Braden Golinski and third baseman Sam Ruta also claimed All-Conference Second Team accolades.
The North Branford, Conn. native led Army to a 38-18 record in 2023 and a 21-4 Patriot League regular season mark. Highlights from the year included a series win over Air Force, a series win at NCAA Regional finalist Charlotte and a season series sweep over Navy. The Black Knights earned an NCAA Tournament appearance at the Charlottesville Regional.
Army also set a program single-season record in home runs (74) in 2023.
Tracz also oversaw the development of C/1B Ross Freidrick, who signed a minor league free agent deal with the St. Louis Cardinals after the 2023 season.
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. In his final season at Marist, he led the Red Foxes to a 29-15 record, finishing second in the MAAC, tying for its most regular season wins since 2017, the same year the Red Foxes won the MAAC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Baseball Championship Gainesville Regional. Tracz also led the Red Foxes to a nation's-best 11 game win streak at the end of the 2022 season. He was named MAAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.
In his time as head coach at Marist, Tracz has produced eight MLB Draft picks, one All-American, three MAAC Pitchers of the Year, eight First Team All-MAAC Selections, 18 Second Team All-MAAC Selections, 101 MAAC All-Academic honorees and six CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections.
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.
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.
Following his playing career, Tracz got his first coaching job as an assistant at Marist from 2006-08.
Tracz won his 400th career game as a Division I Head coach April 6, 2025. The Black Knights would go on to defeat Navy in the Patriot League Semifinal Series later in the season, sweeping a pair of games May 11 in Annapolis, including a 6-5, 10-inning win in Game 3 of the series.
Despite losing key hitters Derek Berg, Sam Ruta and Braden Golinski in the 2024-25 offseason, Tracz’s club improved its batting average from ‘24 in ’25, from .274 to .279.
In 2025, RHP Andrew Berg, INF Thomas Schreck, OF/INF Chris Barr and OF William Parker were each named to the Patriot League All-Conference First Team, while OF Addison Ainsworth and C Jack Quinlan each earned Second Team accolades. Quinlan was also a Buster Posey Award semifinalist among the nation’s top collegiate catchers.
Berg earned all-league honors after transitioning from a bullpen role to a member of the starting rotation. Meanwhile, Schreck improved his batting average from .210 to .335 in 2025.
In 2025, Justin Lehman proved to be one of the country’s top two-way players, being named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week May 13 and a finalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year. In a season highlighted by a 142-pitch, seven inning win at Navy in Game 2 of the Patriot League Semifinals, Lehman finished the season with a 4.02 ERA and a .316 ERA. The senior also batted a blistering .524 in the postseason while recording a 1.32 postseason ERA across 13.2 innings.
In 2024, Tracz led the Black Knights to their sixth consecutive Patriot League Tournament Championship and NCAA Regional Appearance, with a berth in the NCAA Athens Regional. Earlier in the year, Army won the Baseball Star Series over Navy for the third consecutive season, with a dramatic rubber matchup victory April 28 off a Chris Barr walk-off base hit. The club then went on to defeat the Midshipmen two games to none in the best-of-three Patriot League Championship Series May 19-20.
Army was 5-2 against Navy in 2024, and also knocked off Air Force 13-2 on March 2 in Sugar Land, Texas.
The Black Knights boasted the Patriot League Pitcher of the Year in Justin Lehman, highlighted by his nine-inning, complete-game shutout win over Navy April 26.
Lehman and fellow starting pitcher Matthew Ronnebaum earned First Team Patriot League All-Conference honors, along with relief pitcher Andrew Berg, catcher Derek Berg and outfielder William Parker. Outfielder Braden Golinski and third baseman Sam Ruta also claimed All-Conference Second Team accolades.
The North Branford, Conn. native led Army to a 38-18 record in 2023 and a 21-4 Patriot League regular season mark. Highlights from the year included a series win over Air Force, a series win at NCAA Regional finalist Charlotte and a season series sweep over Navy. The Black Knights earned an NCAA Tournament appearance at the Charlottesville Regional.
Army also set a program single-season record in home runs (74) in 2023.
Tracz also oversaw the development of C/1B Ross Freidrick, who signed a minor league free agent deal with the St. Louis Cardinals after the 2023 season.
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. In his final season at Marist, he led the Red Foxes to a 29-15 record, finishing second in the MAAC, tying for its most regular season wins since 2017, the same year the Red Foxes won the MAAC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Baseball Championship Gainesville Regional. Tracz also led the Red Foxes to a nation's-best 11 game win streak at the end of the 2022 season. He was named MAAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.
In his time as head coach at Marist, Tracz has produced eight MLB Draft picks, one All-American, three MAAC Pitchers of the Year, eight First Team All-MAAC Selections, 18 Second Team All-MAAC Selections, 101 MAAC All-Academic honorees and six CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections.
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.
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.
Following his playing career, Tracz got his first coaching job as an assistant at Marist from 2006-08.
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