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Craig Biggio will be named caput baseball game manager at St. Seth Thomas High School on Tuesday, multiple people stopping point to the state of affairs have got told the Chronicle.

Biggio, who retired following last season after 20 seasons with the Astros, was an helper baseball game game and football game game this school twelvemonth at St. Thomas, where his oldest boy Conor is a pupil and football and baseball player.

St. Seth Thomas won the TAPPS Class 6A state title in baseball game earlier this month, the 2nd in a row for caput manager Cognizance Schulte, who is leaving to assist manager football game at Brazosport.

The History have also learned that St. Seth Thomas will engage former Rice signal caller Donald Hollas as its caput football game coach.

Schulte said Biggio was a valuable plus this season for the Eagles.

"He wanted to be treated like one of the other members of the staff so he acted that part," Schulte said. "He got here every twenty-four hours at 2:30. None of my other managers were on campus, and he would acquire here early and assist put up the pattern field.

"His cognition of the game is alone having played catcher, baseball diamond and the outfield. He was a great resource for our coaching job and kids. Along with working well with kids, you can conceive of how the children work with him.

"It was an incredible experience for the kids, and he was a great plus to me and our coaching job staff as well."

St. Seth Thomas will have got an assembly at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to denote Microphone Netzel as its new athletic manager as well as unveiling its new football game and baseball game coaches.

Biggio and Netzel didn't immediately go back a telephone phone call from the History seeking comment.

Biggio, 42, have played in more than games than any other participant in Astros last twelvemonth and last twelvemonth got his 3,000th hit. He finished his calling with 3,060 hits, putting him 20th all-time.

He's the Astros' all-time leader in games, at-bats, runs, walks, duplicates and is 2nd in home runs and RBIs behind Jeff Bagwell.

Hollas played signal caller at Rice from 1987-1990 and ranks in the top five in respective calling passing play categories. He is the fifth-leading passer in footing of yardage in school history (4,039) and is 5th in completions (343) and 6th in efforts (606).

Hollas, 40, spent six seasons in the NFL — four with the Cincinnati Bengals and two with the Oakland Raiders. He played his high school ball at Lamar Consolidated in Rosenberg, where he also spent a twelvemonth as an helper manager in 2002.