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. The current coach is Jay Johnson, who was recently hired last November.
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. 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.
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.
In 2006, Bertman was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame .
Key
Conference
CW
Wins
CL
Losses
CT
Ties
C%
Winning percentage
Postseason
PA
Total Appearances
PW
Total Wins
PL
Total Losses
WA
College World Series appearances
WW
College World Series wins
WL
College World Series losses
Championships
DC
Division regular season
CC
Conference regular season
CT
Conference tournament
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
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Name
Term
GC
OW
OL
OT
O%
CW
CL
CT
C%
PA
PW
PL
WA
WW
WL
DCs
CCs
CTs
NCs
Awards
1
E. B. Young
1893
1
1
0
0
1.000
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
2
No coach
1895
4
0
3
1
.125
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
3
E. A. Scott
1897
6
3
3
0
.500
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
4
Allen Jeardeau
1898
5
2
3
0
.400
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
5
C. V. Cusachs
1899
11
5
5
1
.500
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
6
L. P. Piper
1900–1901
15
8
6
1
.567
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
7
W. S. Borland
1902–1903
22
10
11
1
.477
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
8
Dan A. Killian
1905–1906
23
14
9
0
.609
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
9
J. Phillips
1907
18
11
7
0
.611
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
10
Edgar Wingard
1908–1909
39
16
22
1
.423
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
11
John W. Mayhew
1910–1911
31
15
16
0
.484
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
12
Robert Pender
1912–1913
32
15
17
0
.469
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
13
Charles C. Stroud
1914–1921
138
75
58
5
.562
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0
—
14
Branch Bocock
1922–1923
32
15
15
2
.500
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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
–
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
Notes
A running total of the number of head coaches.
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 .
Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship .
Postseason appearances include seasons with NCAA Division I Baseball Championship bids since the tournament began in 1947.
College World Series appearances include seasons with CWS bids since the tournament began in 1947.
From 1959–1985 and from 1992–present the west division finish is listed.
The Southeastern Conference began a baseball tournament in 1977.
LSU did not sponsor a baseball team in 1894, 1896 and 1904.
National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.
Sources:
References
^ "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 148. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
^ "LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. p. 90. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"LSU Baseball media guide" (PDF). lsusports.net. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"LSU Baseball" . lsusports.net. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
"Louisiana State University" . thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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