Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
2023 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team
Founded1894 (129 years ago)
UniversityLouisiana Tech University
Head coachLane Burroughs (7th season)
ConferenceC-USA
LocationRuston, Louisiana
Home stadiumJ. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park
(Capacity: 2,100)
NicknameBulldogs
ColorsBlue and red[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 2016, 2021, 2022
Conference tournament champions
Southland: 1975, 1980, 1987
C-USA: 2022
Regular season conference champions
1910, 1921
SIAA: 1938, 1939
LIC: 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948
Gulf States: 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1971
Southland: 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987
Conference division champions
Sun Belt West: 1992
C-USA West: 2021

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team represents Louisiana Tech University in NCAA Division I college baseball.[2] The Louisiana Tech baseball team participates in Conference USA. The Bulldogs play their home games on campus at J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

History

Conference affiliations

Championships

Conference regular season championships

Season Conference Conference record
1910 Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association N/A
1921
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1939
1941 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1945 3–1
1946 4–0
1947 12–2
1948 13–1
1954 Gulf States Conference 4–3
1958 9–4
1959 12–3
1960 9–4
1961 15–4
1971 16–8
1974 Southland Conference 11–4
1975 10–5
1978 16–4
1980 10–3
1986 13–5
1987 12–4

Conference division championships

Season Conference Division Conference record
1980 Southland Conference North 10–3
1982 7–5
1987 East 12–4
1992 Sun Belt Conference West 15–5
2021 Conference USA West 22–8

Conference championship series championships

Season Conference Opponent Series record
1975 Southland Conference Lamar 3–1
1980 4–1
1982 3–0
1987 3–1

Conference tournament championships

Season Conference
2022 Conference USA

NCAA Regional results

Year Record Regional Results
1971 3–2 Mideast Regional Won 9–2 vs. UT Martin
Lost 0–4 vs. SIU Edwardsville
Won 3–2 at Marietta
Won 8–5 vs. UT Martin
Lost 0–3 vs. Central Michigan
1974 2–2 District 6 at Arlington Won 3–2 vs. Pan American
Won 5–4 vs. Texas
Lost 0–8 vs. Texas
Lost 2–12 vs. Texas
1975 0–2 South Central Regional at Arlington Lost 2–6 vs. Texas
Lost 1–8 vs. Pan American
1978 0–2 South Central Regional at Arlington Lost 0–7 vs. Pan American
Lost 5–6 vs. Mississippi State
1980 1–2 Central Regional at Austin Won 4–3 at Texas
Lost 1–2 vs. Hawaii
Lost 6–7 at Texas
1986 2–2 South I Regional at Baton Rouge Won 7–5 vs. Tulane
Won 14–6 vs. Jackson State
Lost 4–7 at LSU
Lost 4–9 vs. Tulane
1987 1–2 South II Regional at New Orleans Lost 5–19 at New Orleans
Won 5–2 vs. Southern
Lost 0–11 vs. Cal State Fullerton
2016 2–2 Starkville Regional Lost 0–1 vs. Cal State Fullerton
Won 9–4 vs. Southeast Missouri
Won 6–2 vs. Cal State Fullerton
Lost 0–4 at Mississippi State
2021 2–2 Ruston Regional Won 18–2 vs. Rider
Lost 3–8 vs. NC State
Won 10–8 vs. Alabama
Lost 7–14 vs. NC State
2022 1–2 Austin Regional Won 12–5 vs. Dallas Baptist
Lost 2–5 at Texas
Lost 7–9 vs. Air Force
Total 14–20

Stadiums

J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park

Main article: J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park

Year-by-Year results

Main article: List of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball seasons

Head coaches

Head coaching records

# Name Years Seasons Games Wins Losses Ties Win %
1 Harry Gwinner 1902 1 5 2 3 0 .400
Unknown 1903 1 3 2 1 0 .667
Unknown 1904–1906 3 0 0 0 0 –
2 Brown Rogers 1907 1 0 0 0 0 –
3 George L. Watkins 1908 1 0 0 0 0 –
Unknown 1909 1 0 0 0 0 –
4 Percy S. Prince 1910 1 18 14 4 0 .778
Unknown 1911–1912, 1920 3 –
5 R. Foster Clark 1921–1922 2 21 17 3 1 .833
6 William Henry Dietz 1923–1924 2 22 16 6 0 .727
7 John A. Wight 1925 1 –
8 R. C. Kenney 1926 1 22 17 5 0 .773
9 Hugh E. Wilson 1927 1 15 7 8 0 .467
10 Edward Sherling 1928 1 14 3 11 0 .214
11 Larry Fox 1929–1931, 1938 4 13 6 7 0 .462
Unknown 1932–1933 2 19 7 12 0 .368
12 Eddie McLane 1934–1937 4 16 9 7 0 .563
13 Ray E. Davis 1939 –
14 George "Blue" Hogg 1939–1942 –
15 Berry Hinton 1945–1967 23 522 316 206 0 .605
16 Pat Patterson 1968–1990 23 1205 741 462 2 .616
17 Mike Kane 1991–1995 5 256 128 128 0 .500
18 Randy Davis 1996–1998 3 165 70 95 0 .424
19 Jeff Richardson 1999–2002 4 228 99 129 0 .434
20 Wade Simoneaux 2003–2014 12 668 297 370 1 .445
21 Greg Goff 2015–2016 2 114 67 47 0 .588
22 Lane Burroughs 2017–present 6 316 205 111 0 .649

Conference Coach of the Year

Players

Honors

WAC Player of the Year

Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year

College World Series Home Run Derby Champion

MLB Draft

Louisiana Tech has had 74 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[3]

Olympians

Name Country Olympiad Event Result
Mark Doubleday  Australia Atlanta 1996 Baseball 7th

Former players

Name Years in MLB Years at Tech Team(s)
Bill Bagwell 1923–1925 Braves, Athletics
Phil Diehl 2019–present Rockies, Reds
Harley Boss 1928–1933 Senators, Indians
Atley Donald 1938–1945 Yankees
Chuck Finley 1986–2002 Angels, Indians, Cardinals
Tom Herrin 1954 Red Sox
Phil Hiatt 1993–2001 Royals, Tigers, Dodgers
Mike Jeffcoat 1983–1994 Indians, Giants, Rangers, Marlins
Bob Linton 1929 Pirates
Phil Maton 2017–present Padres, Indians, Astros
Kevin McGehee 1993 Orioles
Randy McGilberry 1977–1978 Royals
Charlie Montoyo 1993 Expos
Brian Myrow 2005–2008 Dodgers, Padres
Rebel Oakes 1909–1915 Reds, Cardinals, Rebels
Jeff Richardson 1989–1993 Reds, Pirates, Red Sox
David Segui 1990–2004 Orioles, Mets, Expos, Mariners, Blue Jays, Rangers, Indians
Dave Short 1940–1941 White Sox
George Stone 1967–1975 Braves, Mets

Others:

See also

References

  1. ^ Louisiana Tech University Identity Standards. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Louisiana Tech Bulldogs". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  3. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.

External links

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