The Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents
Lamar University
Lamar University (Lamar or LU) is a public university in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the ...
and competes in the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...
of the
NCAA
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's
Division I after officially rejoining the conference on July 11, 2022. The team is coached by head coach,
Will Davis following
Jim Gilligan's retirement at the end of the 2016 season. Except for five seasons (1987–1991), the Cardinals baseball team had been coached by Jim Gilligan since 1973. With over 1,300 career wins as a head coach, Gilligan was one of the most winning coaches in NCAA history.
The Cardinals baseball team leads the Southland Conference with 10 regular season titles. The Cardinals also won one
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football confe ...
regular season title in 1993. In addition, the Cardinals have won three Southland Conference tournament titles and two Sun Belt Conference tournament titles. In the 2010 season, the Lamar was seeded seventh in the
Southland Conference baseball tournament
The Southland Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Tou ...
, went undefeated through the tournament, and was crowned the conference champions. The team received a bid to the
2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and played
TCU and
Baylor. Over the years, the Cardinals have appeared in the
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team College World Series, Men's College World Series (MCWS) at Charles Schwa ...
tournament thirteen (13) times.
Coaches
NCAA Division II
Lone Star Conference
*JB Higgins (1952–1954)
(Baseball was discontinued from 1955–1966.)
NCAA Division I
Southland Conference
*Bob Frederick (1967–1968)
*Bill Vincent (1969–1972)
*Jim Gilligan (1973–1986)
American South Conference
*David Perkins (1988–1991)
Sun Belt Conference
*Jim Gilligan (1992–1998)
Southland Conference
*Jim Gilligan (1999–2016)
*Will Davis (2017–present)
Lamar career coaching records
(Records reflect game results through July 25, 2024.)
Year-by-year results
Information Source:
(Records reflect game results through May 25, 2024.)
Lamar Cardinals in the NCAA tournament
*The
NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947.
*The
format of the tournament has changed through the years.
Conference Tournaments
Sources:
Major League Baseball
Players in the majors
Several Lamar players have gone on to play in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
.
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Beau Allred
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Bruce Aven
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Eric Cammack
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Jerald Clark
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Clay Hensley
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Micah Hoffpauir
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Tony Mack
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Kevin Millar
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Brian Sanches
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Dave Smith
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Randy Williams
Players drafted by major league teams
Lamar has had 86 players selected in the
Major League Baseball draft since it began in 1965.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I baseball. In the 2024 season, 300 Division I schools competed. These teams compete to go to the 64-team Division I baseball tournament and then to Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ...
References
External links
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{{Southland Conference baseball navbox
Baseball teams established in 1952
Baseball teams in Beaumont, Texas
1952 establishments in Texas