Emrick Jagneaux served the students of Houston ISD’s Westside High School during the past eight years, earning an overall record of 186-61. His teams reached the play-offs in seven of his eight years at Westside, including a victory over the defending state champion Cy Fair High School team and a trip to the regional finals in 2008 as well as the district championship in 2003, 2005, and 2006.
Prior to joining Westside’s staff, Jagneaux was a collegiate coach for 14 years. During that time, he was an assistant coach at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Wharton County Junior College, and Lamar University. His accomplishments at the collegiate level include four conference championships and four regional bids while coaching at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Many of his players were drafted into professional baseball.
Before his career as a college coach, Jagneaux coached for 12 years at the high school level during which he lead teams to one state 5A championship and six district championships. He was named district coach of the year in 1979, 1983, 2002, and 2006 and was named assistant coach of the year in 1988 and 1990 while a member of the University of Southwestern Louisiana staff.
In 1973, Jagneaux earned his bachelor of science degree in health, physical fitness, and history from Lamar University. While a student at Lamar, Jagneaux also played baseball and led the team in home runs during his senior year. He is a graduate of Nederland High School in Nederland, where he was a three-time all-district player and two-time district most valuable player.
Jagneaux and his wife of 36 years, Cheryl, have two sons, Cory and Chad.
Darren Schneider begins his sixth year with the Deer, his fourth as Varsity Assistant. Darren graduated in 1983 from Fredericksburg High School. Coach Schneider played baseball and football at Texas Lutheran University before graduating from Angelo State University in 1989. Before coaching at Deer Park, Coach Schneider was Head Baseball Coach at Lake Travis High School in Austin where he took his team to the Regional Semifinals in 1997 and the Area Finals in 1999.
Coach Schneider and his wife, Heather, have two beautiful daughters, Anna, and Jillian, ages 4 and 2. In addition to Varsity Assistant duties, CoachSchneider also teaches Health at the Freshman Campus.
Coach Cauley has served the Deer Park Independent School District as a teacher and coach for the past 3 years and is in his 17th season overall. He played high school baseball in Lufkin, Texas at Lufkin high school (1982-84) and his collegiate baseball at Texas Christian University (1984-87). Coach Cauley was signed to play professional baseball for the Chicago Whitesox Organization as a pitcher (1987-90). Coach Cauley graduated from Texas State University in 1993 and obtained his Masters from the University of Houston Clear Lake in 2008. He has served as a Head Baseball coach for 7 years, a first assistant for 8 years, and an Athletic Director/Head Football coach for 2 years. These are the coaches that have influenced his baseball instruction; Bill Marchant: Lufkin High and Delta State, Dr. Bragg Stockton: Texas Christian and University of Houston, Lance Brown: Rice, Texas Christian, and Texas Tech, Sammy Ellis: Chicago Whitesox and New York Yankees, Rick Peterson: Chicago Whitesox and New York Mets, Dewey Robinson: Chicago Whitesox and Houston Astros, John Cooper: Chicago Whitesox, Grant Jackson: Chicago Whitesox and pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates, and the hitting philosophy of Mike Epstein. Coach Cauley is married to his true love Kelly and they have three wonderful children. Kelly works for the district as an Instructional Facilitator for Math and Science at the north campus. Matthew (14) attends the north campus high school, Tyler (11) attends Deer Park junior high, and Cameron (6) attends San Jacinto elementary. These are the other districts in which he has served; Smithville, Bastrop, Terrell, Hempstead, and Pasadena (Memorial).
Sophomore Coach - Michael Partida
Coach Partida is a former graduate of Deer Park High School. He has been a part of the Deer Park baseball program for 4 years. He served as a volunteer JV assistant coach in 2007, 2008. He is now in his second year as the head sophomore baseball coach. Coach Partida is the CIA Instructor at Fairmont Jr. High where he also coaches football and basketball. He and his wife Cindy have two children, Brianna and Ryan.
Emrick Jagneaux served the students of Houston ISD’s Westside High School during the past eight years, earning an overall record of 186-61. His teams reached the play-offs in seven of his eight years at Westside, including a victory over the defending state champion Cy Fair High School team and a trip to the regional finals in 2008 as well as the district championship in 2003, 2005, and 2006.
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