Why ‘Skip’ is more than a nickname to Tigers baseball coach Matt Riser
Memphis Tigers baseball head coach Matt Riser walks during a Feb. 21, 2024, game versus Central Arkansas at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field wearing his signature wristbands. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
When Memphis utility player Seth Cox yelled “Coach” to get Matt Riser’s attention last year, Riser walked right by him.
It was early in Riser’s first year as the Tigers’ head baseball coach, and Cox was still getting used to Riser’s preference. Cox tried again, but this time, he used the right name: Skip.
“And then he turned around and recognized it,” Cox said.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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