 He completed his undergraduate degree at Northwestern State then became head coach at Texarkana.He then was a hitting and infield coach at Arkansas for 3 seasons, Texas A&M for six seasons during which he rose to become Associate Head Coach, and three seasons at Louisiana
before beginning at Sam Houston State.After 5 seasons at Sam Houston, Deggs was named head coach of the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns’ baseball team on July 17th, 2019, following the death of longtime head coach, Tony Robichaux.