The 2022 season marks Round Rock Express Manager Matt Hagen’s Triple-A coaching debut. Hagen spent the last two seasons as the Texas Rangers’ Minor League Field Coordinator. He is entering his seventh season in the Rangers organization after previously managing the Low-A Hickory Crawdads in 2018 and 2019 as well as the Short-Season Spokane Indians in 2017. In his three seasons as a manager, Hagen has compiled a .550 winning percentage, combining to post a 192-157 overall record, including capturing the South Atlantic League Championship

with Hickory in 2019. He originally joined the Texas organization in 2016 as a coach for the Crawdads.

Prior to joining the Rangers, Hagen spent three years as the head coach at Four Points Baseball in Austin. Upon the conclusion of his playing career in 2012, Hagen returned to his alma mater, Liberty University, as an assistant coach. He also had a stint on the Liberty staff in 2007 and spent three off-seasons as a strength coach for the Flames’ baseball, men’s soccer and football programs.

An infielder in his playing days, Hagen was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 12th round of the 2002 MLB Draft and spent time in both the Seattle and San Diego Padres organizations, reaching Double-A Mobile in 2006. Hagen continued his playing career in the independent Frontier and Atlantic Leagues from 2007-2012, earning Atlantic League All-Star honors three times. Hagen was a first team All-Big South selection at Liberty University, leading the conference in home runs and RBI as a junior and was a member of Liberty’s 2000 Big South Championship team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Hagen graduated from Liberty in 2012 with a degree in Sport Management.