The LSU Tigers baseball program is a college baseball team that represents Louisiana State University in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 25 head coaches since it started playing organized baseball in the 1893 season.[1] The current coach is Jay Johnson, who was recently hired last November.[1]

Since its creation in 1947, three LSU coaches; Skip Bertman, Smoke Laval and Paul Mainieri have led the Tigers to the College World Series with Bertman and Mainieri winning six national championships.[2] Seven coaches have won conference championships with LSU: Harry Rabenhorst, A. L. Swanson, Ray Didier, Jim Smith, Bertman, Laval and Mainieri have all won Southeastern Conference championships.[2]

Skip Bertman is the all-time leader in games coached (1,203) and total wins (870). Harry Rabenhorst is the all-time leader in seasons coached (27). E. B. Young has the highest winning percentage of any Tiger coach with a 1–0–0 record (1.000) in his one season at LSU. Moon Ducote has the lowest winning percentage (.308) in his one season at LSU.[1]

In 2006, Bertman was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.[3]

Key

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards *Statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season
# Name Term[A 8] GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PA PW PL WA WW WL DCs CCs CTs NCs Awards[A 9]
1 E. B. Young 1893 1 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 No coach 1895 4 0 3 1 .125 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 E. A. Scott 1897 6 3 3 0 .500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Allen Jeardeau 1898 5 2 3 0 .400 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 C. V. Cusachs 1899 11 5 5 1 .500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
6 L. P. Piper 1900–1901 15 8 6 1 .567 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
7 W. S. Borland 1902–1903 22 10 11 1 .477 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
8 Dan A. Killian 1905–1906 23 14 9 0 .609 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
9 J. Phillips 1907 18 11 7 0 .611 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
10 Edgar Wingard 1908–1909 39 16 22 1 .423 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
11 John W. Mayhew 1910–1911 31 15 16 0 .484 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
12 Robert Pender 1912–1913 32 15 17 0 .469 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
13 Charles C. Stroud 1914–1921 138 75 58 5 .562 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
14 Branch Bocock 1922–1923 32 15 15 2 .500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
15 Moon Ducote 1924 13 4 9 0 .308 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
16 Mike Donahue 1925–1926 33 15 15 3 .500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 —
17 Harry Rabenhorst 1927–1942, 1946–1956 475 228 240 7 .487 116 145 2 .445 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 — 0 —
18 A. L. Swanson 1943–1945 51 28 23 0 .549 11 3 0 .786 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 — 0 —
19 Raymond Didier 1957–1963 184 104 79 1 .568 56 50 1 .528 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 — 0 —
20 Jim Waldrop 1964–1965 42 17 24 1 .417 9 18 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 —
21 Jim Smith 1966–1978 489 238 251 0 .487 102 136 0 .429 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 SEC (1975)
22 Jack Lamabe 1979–1983 249 134 115 0 .538 46 55 0 .455 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
23 Skip Bertman † 1984–2001 1203 870 330 3 .724 328 159 2 .673 16 89 29 11 47 13 9 7 6 5 SEC (1986, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97); SN (1986); ABCA (1991, 93, 96, 97, 2000); BA (1986, 96); CB (1991, 93, 96, 97, 2000);
24 Smoke Laval 2002–2006 320 210 109 1 .604 97 77 0 .557 4 16 10 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 SEC (2003)
25 Paul Mainieri 2007–2021 849 591 255 3 .698 229 156 3 .594 11 51 24 5 11 10 6 4 6 1 SEC (2009, 15); ABCA (2009); BA (2009); CB (2009); NCBWA (2015); SBA (2015)
26 Jay Johnson 2022-present 29 20 9 0 – — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 —

Notes

  1. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
  2. ^ LSU was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1896 until 1921, but the conference did not sponsor baseball. The Southern Conference, of which LSU was a member from 1922 until 1932, did not sponsor baseball until 1947. Since 1933, LSU has been a member of the Southeastern Conference.
  3. ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
  4. ^ Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  5. ^ College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
  6. ^ From 1959–1985 and from 1992–present the west division finish is listed.
  7. ^ The Southeastern Conference began a baseball tournament in 1977.
  8. ^ LSU did not sponsor a baseball team in 1894, 1896 and 1904.
  9. ^ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

Sources: [4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 148. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 90. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "LSU Baseball". lsusports.net. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "Louisiana State University". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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