Jim Smith (baseball coach)

Jim Smith
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Baseball
Born	c. 1931
Died	January 17, 2001 (aged 69) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1966–1978	LSU

Head coaching record
Overall	238–251
Tournaments	1–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SEC (1975)
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (1975)

Jim Smith (c. 1931 – January 17, 2001) was the head baseball coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team from 1966 to 1978. Through 13 seasons in this role, he coached in 489 games, winning 238 and losing 251 for a .487 winning percentage.^[1] His 1975 Tigers team compiled a 40–16 record, winning the Southeastern Conference (SEC) title with a 19–3 record and reaching the NCAA playoffs for the first time.^[2] He was also equipment supervisor for the LSU Tigers football team from 1960 to 1981.^[3] Smith was fired as LSU's baseball coach in 1978 after three straight losing seasons,^[4] and later worked as a deputy for East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana.^[3]

References

↑ Franques, Bill, ed. (2017). 2017 LSU Baseball Official Yearbook (PDF). Louisiana State University. p. 170. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
↑ "Former LSU coach dies". Daily World (Opelousas, Louisiana). January 19, 2001. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
1 2 "Former LSU Baseball Coach Dies". Associated Press. January 18, 2001. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
↑ "LSU baseball mentor fired". The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana). May 6, 1978. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

LSU Tigers head baseball coaches

E. B. Young (1893)
No team (1894)
No coach (1895)
No team (1896)
E. A. Scott (1897)
Allen Jeardeau (1898)
C. V. Cusachs (1899)
L. P. Piper (1900–1901)
W. S. Boreland (1902–1903)
Dan A. Killian (1905–1906)
J. Phillips (1907)
Edgar Wingard (1908–1909)
John W. Mayhew (1910–1911)
Robert Pender (1912–1913)
C. C. Stroud (1914–1921)
Branch Bocock (1922–1923)
Moon Ducote (1924)
Mike Donahue (1925–1926)
Harry Rabenhorst (1927–1942)
A. L. Swanson (1943–1945)
Harry Rabenhorst (1946–1956)
Raymond Didier (1957–1963)
Jim Waldrop (1964–1965)
Jim Smith (1966–1978)
Jack Lamabe (1979–1983)
Skip Bertman (1984–2001)
Smoke Laval (2002–2006)
Paul Mainieri (2007– )

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