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 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. 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.

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.

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+General # Number of coaches GC Games coached † Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

+ Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

+ 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 # Name Term Awards 1 1 1 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 2 No coach 4 0 3 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 3 6 3 3 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 4 5 2 3 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 5 11 5 5 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 6 15 8 6 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 7 22 10 11 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 8 23 14 9 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 9 18 11 7 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 10 39 16 22 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 11 31 15 16 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 12 32 15 17 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 13 138 75 58 5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 14 32 15 15 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 15 13 4 9 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 16 33 15 15 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 — 17 , 475 228 240 7 116 145 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 — 0 — 18 51 28 23 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 — 0 — 19 184 104 79 1 56 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 — 0 — 20 42 17 24 1 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 21 489 238 251 0 102 136 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 SEC (1975) 22 249 134 115 0 46 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 23 † 1,203 870 330 3 328 159 2 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); 24 320 210 109 1 97 77 0 4 16 10 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 SEC (2003) 25 849 591 255 3 229 156 3 11 51 24 5 11 10 6 4 6 1 SEC (2009, 15); ABCA (2009); BA (2009); CB (2009); NCBWA (2015); SBA (2015)26 29 20 9 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 —

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