"Matt Riser" is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball program. He was named to that position on an prior to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season/2014 season.

He grew up in Picayune, Mississippi/Picayune, Mississippi where he played baseball with Major League Baseball player Rhyne Hughes. After a playing career at Pearl River Community College and Tulane Green Wave baseball/Tulane and an appearance in the 2005 College World Series, Riser coached for one season as an assistant with the Green Wave under Rick Jones (baseball coach)/Rick Jones. He then moved to Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball/Southeastern Louisiana for six seasons. After head coach Jay Artigues resigned to become athletic director following the 2013 season, Riser was named interim head coach. Riser was made permanent on January 24, 2014, the first day of spring practice.

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I feel good about our chances. But Rice is very talented. They have three right-handed pitchers who were drafted this week. They can also swing the bats. They went into LSU at Alex Box and won, so that tells you they can play a little bit.

You really have to stay very disciplined. You have to manage your time well.

Everybody's got their role on this team. It's a very talented team with bench players who could be starting anywhere else in the country. My role is to run down balls that are hit to me and it's been a privilege to get to do that.

It would be nice to start next season. But I can only control what I can do and that's continue to work hard. I have to let everything else fall into place.

That's what makes you put in all that hard work. That's what kept me working hard at Picayune and Pearl River. Now it's finally happened.

Every little kid who has ever watched the College World Series on TV has dreamed of getting the chance to go to Omaha. Now we're just two wins away from doing that. It's truly a dream come true.