MSU Athletics

The Tigert File
Family Wife: Susan Children: Matthew, Brenden, Madalynn
Education High School: Carlsbad (N.M.) High School Bachelors: New Mexico State ('94) Master's: Delta State ('97)
Coaching Background Assistant Coach at New Mexico State - 1993-95 Head Coach at Artesia (N.M.) High School - 1996 Assistant Coach at Oregon - 1997 Graduate Assistant at Delta State - 1997-98 Head Coach at Denton Ryan High School - 1998-99 Head Coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville - 2000-03 Head Coach at Midwestern State - 2004-
Honors
NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year 2006, 2010, 2011 Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
By the Year
Year	Record	Finish
2004	31-16	LSC North Champions
		NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2005	38-21	NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2006	44-15	LSC Champions
		LSC North Champions
		NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2007	44-16	LSC Champions
		LSC North Champions
		NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2008	36-29	NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2009	31-17	4th, LSC North
2010	54-10	NCAA II Region Champions
		LSC North Champions
2011	54-14	NCAA II National Semifinalists
		NCAA II Super Region Champions
		NCAA II Region Champions
		LSC North Champions
2012	26-25	6th, LSC
2013	43-17	NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2014	31-24	NCAA II Regional Qualifiers
2015	24-24	7th, LSC
2016	30-28	6th, LSC
	486-256

Brady Tigert leads the Midwestern State University softball program in its 14th season in 2017.

Tigert has developed the Mustangs into an established national contender out of the always tough Lone Star Conference in the NCAA Division II’s South Central Region.

MSU, which has advanced into regional postseason play in nine of its 13 years of existence, claimed its first NCAA II postseason victory in 2007 when the Mustangs upended Texas A&M-Kingsville 7-3 before breaking through for a South Central Region championship in 2010.

The Mustangs enjoyed a banner season in 2011 advancing to the semifinal round in their first NCAA Division II College World Series showing while posting a 54-14 record. MSU led all of collegiate softball with 108 wins spanning the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The 54 victories also stood as the LSC standard of single season success.

In 2004, Tigert led Midwestern State to an LSC North Championship and postseason appearance in its inaugural season with a 31-16 record. 

The 2005 campaign proved to be just as successful with MSU advancing to the LSC Championship game before making its second NCAA appearance.

Tigert guided MSU to the program's first LSC regular season and tournament titles in 2006 and 2007 with the Maroon and Gold posting back-to-back 44-win campaigns. MSU took home its first LSC crown on Apr. 30, 2006 in Irving, defeating Abilene Christian by a score of 5-1 to punch its ticket to a third-straight NCAA Tournament.  

After a one-year absence from postseason play in 2012, Midwestern made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament the next two seasons, advancing all the way to the South Central Regional final before bowing out to top-ranked West Texas A&M in 2014. 

Tigert, who has constructed a 486-256 (.655) record since starting the MSU program in 2004, carries a 596-310 (.658) mark through 16 collegiate seasons including a 110-54 ledger from 2001-03 at Texas A&M-Kingsville where he led the 2002 Javelinas to a 46-18 record and a trip to the NCAA II South Central Regional finals.

Tigert’s father, John, was one of the most successful high school coaches in the state of New Mexico where in 20 seasons as head coach at Carlsbad High School, his squads won 11 state championships and were runners-up on four other occasions.

Tigert’s other coaching experience includes stints as head coach at Ryan High School in Denton, Texas (1999); as assistant coach at the University of Oregon (1997); as a head coach at Artesia (New Mexico) High School (1996) and as an assistant coach at New Mexico State University for three seasons (1993-95).