Chans Chapman
Head Baseball
rchapm@neisd.netChans Chapman was born and raised in Hallettsville, Texas. He played football and baseball at Hallettsville High School where he was a 3 year starter at quarterback and punter, and was a four year starter at shortstop and pitcher in baseball. He was All District and All State multiple times in both sports. During his baseball career in high school, he was a part of 3 teams that advanced to the Regional Finals. In 1992, he played on team that was a State Semi-Finalist. He attended the University of Houston on a baseball scholarship and ended up graduating from East Texas Baptist University.
After graduation, Coach Chapman coached at Rice Consolidated, Garrison, and El Campo before coming to Reagan. In 2001, Garrison was beat by Celina in the 2A State Championship game. In 2003, while at El Campo, they were Regional Finalists, losing to La Marque, who eventually won the State Championship.
Since coming to Reagan in 2004 as the Head Baseball Coach, Coach Chapman’s teams have won 9 District Championships, 11 Regional Finals trips, and State tournament appearances in 2014, 2017, and 2018. The 2008 team was ranked as high as #5 in the nation by Baseball America. The 2009 team ended their season ranked #17 in the country by Baseball America. In 2014, Reagan won their first Regional title and finished as the State Runner-up in 5AAAAA. That team finished ranked in the top 25 in the country in the Max Preps rankings. Coach Chapman was named SA Express-News Coach of the Year in 2014 also. He has been fortunate to have coached many All State players, have players that moved on to play college baseball and even some that have been drafted and went on to play Pro baseball. He has an overall record of 338 wins and 85 losses. Included in that record is 49 wins in the playoffs.
Chapman was also an Assistant Football Coach and part of 5 Regional Finalist teams and several other playoff teams.
Coach Chapman is married to Jennifer, a kindergarten teacher at Tuscany Heights Elementary. They have two daughters, Jacy and Reese.