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 hired in June 2021.
Since its creation in 1947, four LSU coaches, Skip Bertman, Smoke Laval, Paul Mainieri, and Jay Johnson, have led the Tigers to the College World Series. With Bertman winning five national championships, and Mainieri and Johnson winning one championship each. [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 (SEC) 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]
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# | 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] |
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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 | 1,203 | 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 | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |