Chip Durham Hometown: Tioga, Louisiana Position: Head Coach Birthdate: 06/22/1970

Chip Durham enters his third season as the Colonels' head baseball coach.

The 37-year old Durham comes to Thibodaux after spending three years as the head baseball coach at Crowder College. During his three-year stint with the Roughriders, Durham compiled a 94-84 overall record and had eight players go on to sign with major Division I programs, two NCJAA All-Americans, five NJCAA First-Team All-Region XVI players, as well as four players get drafted in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. During his first season at Crowder, Durham guided the Roughriders to a fourth place finish in the NJCAA Region XVI Tournament. He followed that up with a third place finish in 2004 and was runner-up during this past season.

Prior to his stint at Crowder College, Durham served as an assistant coach at Northeast Texas Community College for two seasons working with the hitters and infielders, while also coaching third base. Durham served as the recruiting coordinator and was instrumental in recruiting former Colonel outfielder Bubba Bell, who played two seasons at Northeast Texas CC.

Durham got his first taste of the Southland Conference in 1998, when he served two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas-San Antonio under former head coach Mickey Lashley. While working with hitters and infielders, Durham helped guide the Roadrunners to a third place finish in the 1999 SLC Tournament.

Durham began his full-time coaching career in 1996 as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville working with the infielders and hitters, while coaching third base. During his two year stint in Fayetteville under former head coach Norm DeBriyn, the Razorbacks finished second in the Southeastern Conference Tournament in 1998 and went on to finish third in the 1998 NCC Division I Midwest Regional Tournament.

As a player, Durham prepped at Tioga High School in Tioga, La. where he won back-to-back Class AAA State Championships in 1986 and 1987. He went on to letter two years at Angelina Junior College in Lufkin, Texas and finished out his collegiate career at the University of Arkansas-Monticello, where he served as team captain for two years.

A resident of Tioga, La., Durham earned his bachelor's of science degree in health and physical education from Arkansas-Monticello in 1994 and went on to earn his master's in health and physical education in 1996 from Delta State University. Durham is married to the former Angie Thurman of Eureka Springs, Ark., and they have three children, Carlee (4), Ty (3) and Jordan (1 month).