Mitch Gaspard
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Mitch Gaspard (born May 26, 1965) is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman. He is the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech University. Gaspard played college baseball at Louisiana State University from 1984 to 1985 before transferring to the University of Houston where he played from 1986 to 1987. He is the former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. Gaspard agreed to a 3-year contract on September 1, 2009, starting in 2010. The 2010 season was Gaspard's first season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide. He had been on the Alabama coaching staff for ten years, and was given the head coaching position when Jim Wells retired. He resigned from Alabama on May 30, 2016.[1]
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Current position | |
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Title | Hitting coach |
Team | Louisiana Tech |
Conference | C-USA |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1965-05-26) May 26, 1965 (age 59) Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1984–1985 | LSU |
1986–1987 | Houston |
Position(s) | Second Baseman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1988 | Houston (Asst.) |
1989–1992 | Louisiana–Lafayette (Asst.) |
1993–1994 | Northwestern State (Asst.) |
1995–2001 | Alabama (Asst.) |
2002–2007 | Northwestern State |
2008–2009 | Alabama (Asst.) |
2010–2016 | Alabama |
2017–2018 | Kansas State (Assoc. HC) |
2019 | Georgia (H/IF) |
2020–present | Louisiana Tech (H/RC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 425–311 (.577) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Southland regular season (2002, 2005) | |
Awards | |
Southland Coach of the Year (2005) | |
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