This is a list of Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball seasons. The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball program is a college baseball team that represents Louisiana Tech University in Conference USA in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Louisiana Tech has played their home games at J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park in Ruston, Louisiana since 1971.
The Bulldogs have won 21 conference championships, won 2 conference tournament championships, and have played in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 7 times.
Season results
edit| National Champions | College World Series berth | NCAA tournament berth | Conference tournament champions | Conference/Division regular season champions |
| Season | Head coach | Conference | Season results | Tournament results | Final poll[1][A 1] | |||||||||||
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| Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason[A 2] | CB | ||||||||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Wins | Losses | Ties | % | Finish[2] | ||||||||
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||
| 1940 | George "Blue" Hogg | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference | – | – | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1941 | – | – | 1st | — | — | |||||||||||
| 1942 | – | – | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Louisiana Tech did not field a baseball team for the 1943 or 1944 seasons due to World War II. | |||||||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Berry Hinton | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1st | — | — | |||
| 1946 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1947 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .739 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1948 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1949 | Gulf States | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | — | — | |||||
| 1950 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | — | — | ||||||
| 1951 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | — | — | ||||||
| 1952 | 9 | 10 | 0 | .474 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | — | — | ||||||
| 1953 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | — | — | ||||||
| 1954 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1955 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | ||||||
| 1956 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .600 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | — | — | ||||||
| 1957 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .538 | — | — | ||||||
| 1958 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1959 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1960 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1961 | 21 | 6 | 0 | .778 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1st | — | — | |||||
| 1962 | 19 | 9 | 0 | .679 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .650 | — | — | ||||||
| 1963 | – | – | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | 18 | 15 | 0 | .545 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .350 | — | — | ||||||
| 1965 | 23 | 12 | 0 | .657 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .450 | — | — | ||||||
| 1966 | 23 | 19 | 0 | .548 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | — | — | ||||||
| 1967 | 18 | 18 | 0 | .500 | 10 | 12 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1968 | Pat Patterson | 19 | 23 | 0 | .452 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .417 | T–5th | — | — | — | |||
| 1969 | 17 | 20 | 0 | .459 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | — | — | ||||||
| 1970 | 21 | 18 | 0 | .538 | 6 | 14 | 0 | .300 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1971 | 36 | 14 | 0 | .720 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .667 | 1st | — | Regional semifinal | — | ||||
| 1972 | Southland | 34 | 14 | 0 | .708 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | 3rd | — | — | — | |||
| 1973 | 27 | 17 | 1 | .611 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3rd | — | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | 29 | 19 | 0 | .604 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1st | — | District 6 Regional | 13 | ||||
| 1975 | 32 | 15 | 0 | .681 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .667 | T–1st | 1st | South Central Regional | — | ||||
| 1976 | 20 | 22 | 0 | .476 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 | T–5th | — | — | — | ||||
| 1977 | 32 | 19 | 0 | .627 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 4th | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 46 | 21 | 0 | .687 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1st | — | South Central Regional | — | ||||
| 1979 | 32 | 17 | 0 | .653 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 2nd | — | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 43 | 24 | 1 | .640 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1st (North) | 1st | Central Regional | 15 | ||||
| 1981 | 34 | 19 | 0 | .642 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd (North) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 40 | 26 | 0 | .606 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | T–1st (North) | Finals | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 20 | 30 | 0 | .400 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .385 | 2nd (East) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | 36 | 23 | 0 | .610 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .471 | 4th | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 35 | 12 | 0 | .745 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2nd | — | — | — | ||||
| 1986 | 36 | 25 | 0 | .590 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | 1st | — | South I Regional | 19 | ||||
| 1987 | 43 | 14 | 0 | .754 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st (East) | 1st | South II Regional | 27 | ||||
| 1988 | American South | 42 | 19 | 0 | .689 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 2nd | Final | — | — | |||
| 1989 | 38 | 20 | 0 | .655 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | T–3rd | Final | — | — | ||||
| 1990 | 29 | 31 | 0 | .483 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .533 | 3rd | Semifinal | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | Mike Kane | 31 | 26 | 0 | .544 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .529 | 4th | Semifinal | — | — | |||
| 1992 | Sun Belt | 31 | 18 | 0 | .633 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .750 | 1st (West) | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 25 | 25 | 0 | .500 | 11 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 2nd (West) | — | — | |||||
| 1994 | 22 | 26 | 0 | .458 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .333 | 4th (West) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1995 | 19 | 33 | 0 | .365 | 8 | 19 | 0 | .296 | T–8th | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | Randy Davis | 23 | 31 | 0 | .426 | 9 | 17 | 0 | .346 | T–9th | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | 26 | 30 | 0 | .464 | 15 | 12 | 0 | .556 | 4th | — | — | |||||
| 1998 | 21 | 34 | 0 | .382 | 8 | 18 | 0 | .308 | 9th | — | — | — | ||||
| 1999 | Jeff Richardson | 20 | 37 | 0 | .351 | 10 | 22 | 0 | .313 | T–6th | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | 26 | 29 | 0 | .473 | 13 | 15 | 0 | .464 | 6th | — | — | |||||
| 2001 | 32 | 26 | 0 | .552 | 12 | 14 | 0 | .462 | 6th | Semifinal | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | WAC | 21 | 37 | 0 | .362 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .233 | 5th | — | — | — | |||
| 2003 | Wade Simoneaux | 18 | 34 | 1 | .349 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .333 | 6th | — | — | — | |||
| 2004 | 20 | 38 | 0 | .345 | 10 | 20 | 0 | .333 | 6th | — | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 17 | 39 | 0 | .304 | 9 | 20 | 0 | .310 | 6th | — | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 33 | 25 | 0 | .569 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 5th | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | 35 | 24 | 0 | .593 | 14 | 10 | 0 | .583 | 3rd | — | — | |||||
| 2008 | 23 | 31 | 0 | .426 | 7 | 23 | 0 | .233 | 7th | — | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | 29 | 22 | 0 | .569 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .542 | 2nd | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | 27 | 30 | 0 | .474 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .458 | 5th | — | — | |||||
| 2011 | 34 | 27 | 0 | .557 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .500 | T–3rd | Semifinal | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 27 | 28 | 0 | .491 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 6th | Semifinal | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | 19 | 37 | 0 | .339 | 6 | 21 | 0 | .222 | 10th | — | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | Conference USA | 15 | 35 | 0 | .300 | 5 | 25 | 0 | .167 | 13th | — | — | — | |||
| 2015 | Greg Goff | 25 | 27 | 0 | .481 | 8 | 21 | 0 | .276 | 12th | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | 42 | 20 | 0 | .677 | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | 5th | Semifinal | Starkville Regional | — | ||||
| 2017 | Lane Burroughs | 36 | 20 | 0 | .643 | 17 | 13 | 0 | .567 | 5th | First round | — | — | |||
| 2018 | 39 | 20 | 0 | .661 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .700 | 2nd | Second round | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 34 | 24 | 0 | .586 | 17 | 13 | 0 | .567 | 3rd | First round | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .647 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2021 | 42 | 20 | 0 | .677 | 22 | 8 | 0 | .733 | 1st (West) | Final | Ruston Regional | 29 | ||||
| 2022 | 43 | 21 | 0 | .672 | 20 | 10 | 0 | .667 | 2nd | Champions | Austin Regional | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Collegiate Baseball began team rankings in 1959.[1]
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship began in 1947.
References
edit- ^ a b "NCAA Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2022. pp. 61–77. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
- ^ Gowens, Craig. Nation, Boyd (ed.). "The Filing Cabinet". Boyd's World. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2011.