Golden Eagle Baseball Hires Chad Caillet as Assistant Baseball Coach
8/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Aug. 29, 2007
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss baseball coach Corky Palmer announced today the hiring of Chad Caillet as an assistant coach.
"Chad will add a lot of enthusiasm to our program as he is extremely knowledgeable about the game, a good recruiter and knows how to teach offensive skills," Palmer said. "He is a good fit here, as he is a Southern Miss graduate who knows the landscape. We are excited that he is here."
Palmer stated that Caillet's duties will include working with the Golden Eagle offense, as well as the infielders on defense, and serve as recruiting coordinator.
Caillet, who came to Southern Miss after spending a couple-month stint at McNeese State, was the associate head coach at Southeastern Louisiana for the 2006 and 2007 seasons. His responsibilities there included the hitters and infielders, while also having the role of recruiting coordinator for the program. In that role, his 2006 signing class was recognized nationally and last spring the Lions also captured a school-best win mark for Southland Conference contests.
Prior to working at SLU, Caillet spent four years at Meridian Community College, including one season as the head coach. During his lone year at the helm of that program, Caillet led his team to a 44-14 record, including a perfect mark in home games, as the squad won both the MACJC State and Central Division championships. That team also garnered a Top 10 national junior college ranking and Caillet earned MACJC Coach of the Year honors.
As an assistant coach at MCC, he was part of a staff that won two Region 23 Championships and made two straight Junior College World Series appearances. Both of those teams were both nationally ranked in the Top 10.
Besides his on-field duties at Meridian, Caillet enjoyed the role of strength coach, camp coordinator, baseball clinic speaker and organizer of both high school tournaments and the 2004 Region 23 Junior College All-Star game.
His coaching stops also included a year at Mississippi College and Millsaps College, after getting his start with a year-long stint at Copiah-Lincoln Community College. His coaching resume also had him work two summers in the Cotton States League. His second summer was in the role of manager for the Meridian Marauders, which won its first league championship.
As a player, he was an all-district infielder at Hahnville High in Louisiana and went on to play for Copiah-Lincoln, before finishing his career at Southern Miss as an infielder.
He earned both his Bachelor's degree (1998) and his Master's degree (2000) from Southern Miss. Caillet is married to the former Jessica Compretta of Bay St. Louis, Miss., and they have one daughter, Carsyn.
Caillet replaces Lane Burroughs, who accepted a similar position at Kansas State last month.