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 recently hired last November.[ 1]
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.[ 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 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]
Conference[ A 2] CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage
Postseason[ A 3] PA Total Appearances[ A 4] PW Total Wins PL Total Losses WA College World Series appearances[ A 5] WW College World Series wins WL College World Series losses
Championships DC Division regular season[ A 6] CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournament[ A 7]
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 # Name Term[ A 8] Awards[ A 9] 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 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 – — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 —
^ 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: [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons National Championships in underline ; College World Series appearances in italics