The UL baseball team is down one member of its coaching staff.

Brooks Badeaux, who joined the Ragin’ Cajuns in July of 2009 as a volunteer assistant, has resigned to pursue an opportunity in the private sector, head coach Tony Robichaux said.

Badeaux worked with UL’s infielders and served as its first-base coach.

But with the NCAA allowing baseball teams only two full-time paid assistants, Badeaux didn’t earn a salary.

His new work will allow him to stay close to the game, according to Robichaux.

"We’ll miss him," Robichaux said. "I think Brooks is going to be successful. He’s a great baseball person, and if I ever have a full-time position open he’ll be the first person I call."

A former Teurlings Catholic standout, Badeaux played at Florida State from 1995-98 and made three trips to the College World Series with the Seminoles.

He later played in the Tampa Bay Rays’ minor-league organization from 1998 to 2005, and again in 2007 after one season in the Baltimore Orioles system.

Badeaux also is a former assistant coach at both Teurlings Catholic and Comeaux High.