Travis Graves was named the head coach of the UT Dallas baseball team after spending seven seasons as an assistant.
Since joining the Comets in July 2018, UTD has gone 184-94 and won back-to-back American Southwest Conference titles in 2021 and 2022. Graves coached two All-Americans, 10 All-Region selections and 53 All-American Southwest Conference picks.
A native of Mesquite, Graves came to the Comets after spending one season as assistant coach and recruiting coach at NCAA Division II Delta State University. In 2018, Graves was part of a coaching staff that led the Statesmen to the Gulf South Conference title with a 42-11 overall record.
Prior to DSU, Graves was the associate head coach at Dallas College-Eastfield, spending six seasons in that capacity with the Harvesters. While at Eastfield, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the program and also served as the recruiting coordinator. Additionally, Graves made summer stops in the Coastal Plain League, spending a season each as an assistant coach with the Martinsville Mustangs (2015) and the Savannah Bananas (2016) before being named the head coach of the Florence Red Wolves in 2017.
A product of Horn High School, Graves began his playing career as an All-American catcher at local Eastfield before transferring to the University of Southern Mississippi, where he led the Eagles to the NCAA College World Series. While at USM, he was listed on the Johnny Bench Award List as a senior and led the squad to the Conference USA championship.
Following his collegiate days, Graves returned to Eastfield for two seasons as an assistant coach for the Harvesters, helping mentor the 2011 NJCAA Division I National Champions to a 40-22 overall record. Graves then headed back to Hattiesburg to serve as a graduate assistant with USM.Â
Graves collected his bachelor's degree from USM in Interdisciplinary Studies with minors in both History and Sport Coaching in 2010 while earning his master's degree also from Southern Miss in Sport Management in 2012.
