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Mitch Gaspard Sport(s) College Baseball Current position Title Head Coach Team The University of Alabama Conference SEC Record 78-53 Biographical details Born May 26, 1965 Place of birth Port Arthur, Texas Playing career 1984-1985
1986-1987LSU Tigers
Houston CougarsPosition(s) Second Baseman Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1988
1989-1992
1993-1994
1995-2001
2002-2007
2008-2009
2010-presentHouston (Asst.)
Louisiana-Lafayette (Asst.)
Northwestern State (Asst.)
Alabama (Asst.)
Northwestern State
Alabama (Asst.)
AlabamaHead coaching record Overall 288-191 (.607) Accomplishments and honors Championships Southland Tournament: 2002, 2005
Southland Tournament: 2005Mitch Gaspard is the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. The 2010 season was Gaspards first season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide. He has been on the Alabama coaching staff for ten years, and was given the head coaching position when Jim Wells retired. Gasparrd agreed to a 3-year contract on September 1, 2009, starting in 2010.[1]
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Playing career
An all-state shortstop at Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas, Gaspard led his team to the Texas state title as a senior and then became the starting second baseman in 1985 for the first Skip Bertman-coached LSU team to advance to NCAA Regional play. He played his final two collegiate seasons as a starter at second for the University of Houston, where he became an assistant coach in 1988.
Coaching career
Gaspard served as an assistant coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 1989–92, helping the Ragin' Cajuns reach three NCAA Regionals and win three conference titles. In 2009, Gaspard completed his second season as the Tide's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He returned for his second stint with the Crimson Tide in 2008 after six years as head coach at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La., where he compiled a 211-128 (.622) record. During those six years, he led the Demons to a pair of Southland Conference championships, one SLC Tournament championship and a berth in the 2005 NCAA Baton Rouge (La.) Regional. In 20 years of coaching, Gaspard has worked with teams that have won eight conference championships, eight conference tournament championships, played in 16 NCAA Regionals and three College World Series berths. Gaspard was a member of Wells' original staff at Alabama in 1995 and was a pivotal figure as an ace recruiter and a shrewd tactician in the remarkable revival of the program. Alabama had four SEC wins in 1994, but after Wells and Gaspard arrived, the Tide won the SEC Tournament in 1995 and was one win away from the College World Series. By the time Gaspard returned to NSU, Alabama had earned six NCAA Regional appearances and three College World Series berths, including a national championship game loss to LSU in 1997. In each of his first seven seasons at Alabama, Gaspard helped mold the Tide into one of nation's finest defensive units. As the chief recruiter, he helped land five successive Top 20 recruiting classes, including three Top 10 finishes in 1997, 1998 and 1999.[2]
In Gaspards first season as Alabama's head coach, the team went 43-25; including making it to the SEC Tournament championship game, and winning the NCAA Tournament Georgia Tech Regional. He will start the 2011 season with a new assistant coach in Andy Phillips.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference) (2002–2007) 2002 Northwestern State 43–17 17–10 T–1st 2003 Northwestern State 35–22 16–11 4th 2004 Northwestern State 33–23 16–9 2nd 2005 Northwestern State 41–20 22–5 1st NCAA Regional 2006 Northwestern State 33–28 15–15 6th 2007 Northwestern State 25–28 15–14 4th (East) Northwestern State: 210–138 101–64 Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (2010–present) 2010 Alabama 43–25 15–15 4th (West) NCAA Super Regional 2011 Alabama 35–28 14–16 T–2nd (West) NCAA Regional Alabama: 78–53 29–31 Total: 288–191 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
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Current Coaches Seasons 2010 • 2011Conference Affiliations Southeastern Conference (SEC)The University of Alabama • Tuscaloosa, AL Current head baseball coaches of the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division Kevin O'Sullivan (Florida) • David Perno (Georgia) • Gary Henderson (Kentucky) • Ray Tanner (South Carolina) • Dave Serrano (Tennessee) • Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt)
Western Division Mitch Gaspard (Alabama) • Dave van Horn (Arkansas) • John Pawlowski (Auburn) • Paul Mainieri (LSU) • John Cohen (Mississippi State) • Mike Bianco (Ole Miss)
Alabama Crimson Tide head baseball coaches Shelby Fletcher (1892) • W. M. Walker (1893) • J. H. Lyons (1894) • J. F. Jenkins (1895) • Eli Abbott (1896) • Kid Peeples (1897) • Joseph Black (1898) • F. C. Owen (1899) • Ardis Smith (1900) • Thomas C. Stouch (1901–1905) • Schwartz (1906) • J. W. H. Pollard (1907–1910) • Guy Lowman (1911) • D. V. Graves (1912–1915) • B. L. Noojin (1916–1919) • Gordon W. Lewis (1920) • Charles Bernier (1921–1923) • Wallace Wade (1924–1927) • Hank Crisp (1928) • Jess Neely (1929–1930) • Sam Hinton (1930–1931) • Jennings B. Whitworth (1932–1933) • Tilden Campbell (1935–1942) • Paul Burnham (1943) • No team (1944–1945) • Dixie Howell (1946) • Tilden Campbell (1947–1963) • Joe Sewell (1964–1969) • Hayden Riley (1970–1979) • Barry Shollenberger (1980–1994) • Jim Wells (1995–2009) • Mitch Gaspard (2010– )
Categories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- Northwestern State Demons baseball coaches
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- People from Port Arthur, Texas
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