Randy Hux returns to the Bengals coaching staff as an assistant coach for the 2009-2010 season. He will instruct the catchers and hitters this season. Hux was a part of the 2008 Bengal National Championship team.
Coach Hux came to LSU Eunice from Texas A&M University in Kingsville where he was an assistant coach. In his last season there, the Javelinas finished by playing in the Lone Star Conference Tournament.
During the summer of 2007, Coach Hux was head coach for the Athletes-in-Action team of the Great Lakes Collegiate League in Ohio.
Prior to Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Coach Hux spent 11 years coaching high school baseball. He coached three of those 11 years at Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where they played for the state title in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, they finished the season with a #5 national ranking. While there, he coached Boston Red Sox reliever, Jonathon Papelbon.
During his 14 years of coaching, Hux has helped lead those teams to the post-season playoffs many times. Additionally, he has coached many players that went on to play college and professional baseball. In his career, he has had five players get drafted within the first five rounds of the MLB draft. While coaching, he developed a unique scouting tool designed specifically for coaches to use during games (for more information visit
www.thecoachsedgeonline.com).
Hux played college baseball at Coastal Bend Community College in Texas and he received his BBA degree in Finance from Texas A&M University in 1984. Randy is also a Certified Public Accountant. Currently, he is a full-time Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch. He and his wife, formerly Patrice Menard from Crowley, have two daughters, Sarah (age 10) and Amanda (age 5). They reside in Lafayette.
