Lipscomb Bisons baseball

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Lipscomb Bisons
Baseball current event.svg 2024 Lipscomb Bisons baseball team
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Founded1869 (1869)
Conference history Mississippi Valley Conference (1929–1934)
Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1948–1985)
Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (1986–1996)
TranSouth Athletic Conference (1997–2001)
University Lipscomb University
Head coach Jeff Forehand (18th season)
Conference Atlantic Sun
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Home stadium Dugan Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Bisons
ColorsPurple and gold [1]
   
NCAA Tournament champions
NAIA: 1977, 1979
NCAA Tournament appearances
2008, 2015, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2008, 2015, 2023
Regular season conference champions
2022, 2023

The Lipscomb Bisons baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and is a member of the ASUN Conference.

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The Bisons have been to two NCAA tournaments, in 2008 and 2015.

Stadiums

Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium

The Bisons have played their home games at Dugan Field in Nashville since 1991. The facility has a capacity of 1,500 spectators. [2] The playing surface is named after Ken Dugan, Lipscomb baseball coach from 1960 to 1996 and winner of over 1,000 games as head of the program. The surrounding stadium is named after Stephen Lee Marsh. [3]

Head coaches

Head coaches [4]
Year(s)CoachSeasonsW–L–TPct
1926–1928Hershel Priestley30–0–0
1929Edgar Darnell10–0–0
1930–1932 H. Leo Boles 30–0–0
1933Robert Alexander10–0–0
1934–1936, 1938–1942Robert Neil80–0–0
1937Pinkey Berryhill10–0–0
1947–1951Herman Waddell50–0–0
1952Axel Swang10–0–0
1953–1956Elvis Sherrill40–0–0
1957–1959Charles Morris30–0–0
1960–1996Ken Dugan371,137–450.716
1997–2000Mel Brown40–0–0
2001–2006Wynn Fletcher6123–184.401
2007–present Jeff Forehand 15386–420.479
Totals14921,646–1,054.610

NCAA tournament

NCAA tournament [5]
YearSiteRecordNotes
2008 Foley Field 1–2Athens Regional
2015 Hawkins Field 0–2Nashville Regional
2023 Doug Kingsmore Stadium 0–2Clemson Regional
Total1–6(1–6 regionals)

Player awards

Atlantic Sun award winners

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References

  1. Lipscomb University Brand Identity Guide and Stylebook (PDF). January 1, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. "Dugan Field". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  3. "Dugan Field at Marsh Stadium". lipscombsports.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  4. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  5. Kirk Downs (May 26, 2015). "Baseball claims A-Sun title, heading to second NCAA tourney". www.lipscomb.edu. Lipscomb University. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. "2020 ASUN Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2020.