Seth Thibodeaux

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Seth Thibodeaux
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team Louisiana
Conference Sun Belt
Biographical details
Born1980 (age 4041)
Church Point, Louisiana
Playing career
1999–2000 LSU Eunice
2001–2002 William Carey
Position(s) Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005 Pearl River CC (asst)
2006–2007 Southeastern Louisiana (C/OF)
2008–2010 Nicholls State (asst)
2011–2021 Nicholls
2021–present Louisiana (asst)
Head coaching record
Overall287–290–1
TournamentsSouthland: 4–8
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Seth Thibodeaux (born 1980) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He currently is assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. He played college baseball at LSU Eunice from 1999 to 2000 before transferring to William Carey, where he played for coach Bobby Halford from 2001 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Nicholls Colonels (2011–2021).

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Coaching career

On August 1, 2007, Thibodeaux was named an assistant coach at Nicholls State. [1]

On August 18, 2010, Thibodeaux was promoted to head coach for the 2011 season. [2] [3] [4] On June 3, 2021, Thibodeaux resigned as the head coach of Nicholls. [5] On June 8, 2021, Thibodeaux joined the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns as assistant coach, under head coach Matt Deggs. [6]

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Thibodeaux's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Nicholls (State) Colonels (Southland Conference)(2011–2021)
2011 Nicholls State28–2915–18T-8thSouthland Tournament
2012 Nicholls State26–2813–1911th
2011 Nicholls State26–299–189th
2014 Nicholls State32–2621–92nd Southland Tournament
2015 Nicholls State34–19–118–113rd Southland Tournament
2016 Nicholls State26–3014–169th
2017 Nicholls State29–2715–159th
2018 Nicholls State28–3214–16T-7th Southland Tournament
2019 Nicholls27–2813–17T-9th
2020 Nicholls10–81–2Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Nicholls 21–3416–2412th
Nicholls:287–290–1149–165
Total:287–290–1

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

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