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The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
. They participate in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
's Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
, in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports (5 men's, 7 women's, 2 coed). Its official team nickname is the Fightin' Tigers (not plainly "Tigers" and pronounced "Tigahs"), Lady Tigers, Bayou Bengals for the men and Ben-Gals for the women, and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger
Mike the Tiger

Mike the Tiger is the official mascot of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. By tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although, the last two tigers were of mixed breeds....
. The school colors are purple and gold.






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The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
. They participate in the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
's Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
, in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports (5 men's, 7 women's, 2 coed). Its official team nickname is the Fightin' Tigers (not plainly "Tigers" and pronounced "Tigahs"), Lady Tigers, Bayou Bengals for the men and Ben-Gals for the women, and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger
Mike the Tiger

Mike the Tiger is the official mascot of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. By tradition the tiger is a live Bengal tiger, although, the last two tigers were of mixed breeds....
. The school colors are purple and gold. LSU's nickname is a throwback to its Confederate
Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America formed as the government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern United States U.S. state of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S....
 heritage and was drawn from the Civil War fame of two Louisiana brigades who fought so fiercely that they became known as the "Louisiana Tigers
Louisiana Tigers

The Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the American Civil War in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War....
."

Based on winning percentage, the University's athletics program is consistently one of the best in the nation. Its arenas include Tiger Stadium
Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Tiger Stadium or Death Valley is the home field of LSU Tigers football. With a seating capacity of 92,400, it is the seventh largest on-campus college football stadium in the nation and third largest stadium in the Southeast Conference after University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium and University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium....
 (football), Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Pete Maravich Assembly Center

Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,472-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It is home to the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams....
 (basketball, volleyball, gymnastics), Carl Maddox Fieldhouse (indoor track), Bernie Moore Stadium (outdoor track), Tiger Park (softball), and Alex Box Stadium
Alex Box Stadium

Alex Box Stadium, sometimes prounounced as "Elec" or "Alec" Box is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home field of the LSU Tigers baseball team....
 (baseball). Important rivals in football include one of the longest running college football rivals with the Ole Miss Rebels
Ole Miss Rebels

University of Mississippi college athletics teams, originally known as the "Mississippi Flood", were re-named the Rebels in 1935 and compete in the competitive twelve-member Southeastern Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I....
, and the Tulane Green Wave
Tulane Green Wave

Green Wave, the nickname of the sports teams of Tulane University, was adopted during the 1920 season, after a song titled The Rolling Green Wave was published in Tulane Hullabaloo in 1920....
. Other rivals include the Alabama Crimson Tide
University of Alabama athletics

The University of Alabama features 18 varsity sports teams. Both the male and female athletic teams are called the Crimson Tide. They participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I as a member of the Southeastern Conference Western Division....
, Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas Razorbacks

The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of National Collegiate Athletic Association teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
, and the Auburn Tigers
Auburn Tigers

Auburn Tigers is the name given to Auburn University athletic teams. The University is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, fielding 18 varsity teams in 13 sports:...
.

Keeping with the French/Cajun
Cajun

Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles and peoples of other ethnicities with whom the Acadians eventually intermarried on the semitropical frontier....
 character of South Louisiana, LSU support can be seen by its distinctive spelling of "Go Tigers" as "Geaux
-eaux

-eaux is a common ending for historically Cajun surnames like Babineaux, Boudreaux, Breaux, Marceaux and Thibodeaux. Despite its somewhat confusing appearance, this combination of letters is pronounced with a long "O" sound....
 Tigers".

Sports

By winning the SEC championship for the 2008-2009 season, LSU became the first SEC school to win at least 10 SEC championships in the big 3 sports of Football, Men's Basketball, and Baseball.

Football


The LSU football team
LSU Tigers football

The LSU Tigers football team, a.k.a. "Fighting Tigers", represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision college football....
 is a football program in NCAA Division I-FBS college football. They participate in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
 and are currently coached by Les Miles
Les Miles

Leslie Edwin "Les" Miles is an United States college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team....
. They play their home games in Tiger Stadium
Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Tiger Stadium or Death Valley is the home field of LSU Tigers football. With a seating capacity of 92,400, it is the seventh largest on-campus college football stadium in the nation and third largest stadium in the Southeast Conference after University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium and University of Georgia's Sanford Stadium....
, which holds 92,400 people. LSU has won three national championships, most recently in 2007. With their win in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game
2008 BCS National Championship Game

The 2008 Allstate Bowl Championship Series BCS National Championship Game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the #1 and #2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the 2007 BCS computer rankings to decide the BCS National Championship for th...
 the Tigers became the first team to ever win two Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
 titles, and the first two-loss team to compete for and win the national title.

National Championships (3): 1958, 2003, 2007 SEC Championships (10): 1935, 1936, 1958, 1961, 1970, 1986, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2007

Baseball

The LSU baseball team
LSU Tigers baseball

The LSU baseball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I college baseball.Along with the other LSU athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference....
 has won five national championships since 1991. The team participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
 and they are currently coached by Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri

Paul Mainieri is the current head coach of the Louisiana State University LSU Tigers baseball. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the University of Notre Dame baseball team from 1995-2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989-1994 and the St....
. They play home games in the Alex Box Stadium
Alex Box Stadium

Alex Box Stadium, sometimes prounounced as "Elec" or "Alec" Box is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home field of the LSU Tigers baseball team....
.

National Championships (5): 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000
SEC Championships (13): 1939, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1975, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2003

Men's Basketball

The LSU men's basketball team
LSU Tigers basketball

The Louisiana State Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I men's college basketball....
 participates in the West division of the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. The team is currently coached by Trent Johnson
Trent Johnson

Trent Johnson is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the LSU Tigers basketball team. Johnson had previously been the head coach at Stanford University and University of Nevada, Reno, where he achieved some success in the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with star player Kirk Snyder and then-fr...
.

----100 championships

Women's Basketball

The LSU women's basketball team participates in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. They are currently coached by Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor

Van Chancellor is the current LSU Lady Tigers basketball coach. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. He was enshrined as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007....
.

Softball


The softball team participates in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. They are currently coached by Yvette Girouard
Yvette Girouard

Yvette Girouard is the head coach of the LSU Tigers softball.Girouard began coaching at Lafayette High School in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1977....
.

Men's Indoor Track & Field


The Men's Indoor Track & Field team is currently coached by Dennis Shaver
Dennis Shaver

Dennis Shaver is the current Athletics Coach at Louisiana State University. Shaver came to Louisiana State University in 1995 as an Assistant Coach....
.

National Championships (2): 2001, 2004

SEC Championships (4): 1957, 1963, 1989, 1990

Former Coaches

Pat Henry
Pat Henry

Pat Henry is the current track & field coach at Texas A&M University. He is also the former track & field coach at Louisiana State University where he won 27 national championships....


Women's Indoor Track & Field


The Women's Indoor Track & Field team is currently coached by Dennis Shaver
Dennis Shaver

Dennis Shaver is the current Athletics Coach at Louisiana State University. Shaver came to Louisiana State University in 1995 as an Assistant Coach....
.

National Championships (11): 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004

SEC Championships (11): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008

Former Coaches

Pat Henry
Pat Henry

Pat Henry is the current track & field coach at Texas A&M University. He is also the former track & field coach at Louisiana State University where he won 27 national championships....


Men's Outdoor Track & Field


The Men's Outdoor Track & Field team is currently coached by Dennis Shaver
Dennis Shaver

Dennis Shaver is the current Athletics Coach at Louisiana State University. Shaver came to Louisiana State University in 1995 as an Assistant Coach....
.

National Championships (4): 1933, 1989, 1990, 2002

SEC Championships (22): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1988, 1989, 1990

Former Coaches

  • Bernie Moore
    Bernie Moore

    Bernie Moore was a legendary sports figure during his long tenure as head coach of both college football and track & field at Louisiana State University....
  • Pat Henry
    Pat Henry

    Pat Henry is the current track & field coach at Texas A&M University. He is also the former track & field coach at Louisiana State University where he won 27 national championships....


Women's Outdoor Track & Field


The Women's Outdoor Track & Field team is currently coached by Dennis Shaver
Dennis Shaver

Dennis Shaver is the current Athletics Coach at Louisiana State University. Shaver came to Louisiana State University in 1995 as an Assistant Coach....
.

National Championships (14): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008

SEC Championships (8): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2008

Former Coaches

Pat Henry
Pat Henry

Pat Henry is the current track & field coach at Texas A&M University. He is also the former track & field coach at Louisiana State University where he won 27 national championships....


Women's Gymnastics


The women's gymnastics team participates in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. They are currently coached by D-D Breaux
D-D Breaux

The information in this article is current as of June 2006.'D-D Breaux' is the head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers gymnastics team. She is the "Dean of Coaches" at Louisiana State University, having led the gymnastics team for 29 years....
.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (1): 1981

Women's Soccer


The women's soccer team participates in the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in , which operates in the Southern United States part of the United States....
. They are currently coached by Brian Lee
Brian Lee (soccer)

Brian Gordon Lee is the head coach of the Louisiana State University women's soccer team. Lee came to Louisiana State University after 11 seasons at Furman University, where he accumulated a 144-80-10 overall record, including a 76-16-3 mark in the Southern Conference....
.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (0): None

Former Coaches

Miriam Hickey
Miriam Hickey

Miriam Hickey was the first head coach of the Louisiana State University women's soccer team. Hickey went 22-17-1 in two years at Louisiana State University, posting a 7-9 record in the Southeastern Conference....


Gregg Boggs

George Fotopoulos
George Fotopoulos

George Fotopoulos is an American soccer coach. He was formerly the head coach of the Louisiana State University women's soccer team. Fotopoulos went 52-39-14 in five years at LSU, posting a 12-28-6 record in the Southeastern Conference ....

Men's Golf


The Men's Golf team is currently coached by Chuck Winstead.

National Championships (4): 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955

SEC Championships (15): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1986, 1987

Former Players

  • David Toms
    David Toms

    David Wayne Toms is an United States professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings and ranked as high as 5th in 2002 and 2003....
  • Earl Stewart
    Earl Stewart

    Earl Richard Stewart, Jr. was an United States professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s; and was a college head golf coach in the 1970s and 1980s....
  • Fred Haas
    Fred Haas

    Frederick T. "Freddie" Haas, Jr. was an United States golfer. His first PGA Tour win, at the Memphis Invitational as an amateur, broke Byron Nelson's record streak of 11 straight victories....
  • Brian Bateman
    Brian Bateman

    Brian Bateman is an United States professional golfer, who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bateman was born in Monroe, Louisiana. He played collegiately at Louisiana State University where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in marketing....


Women's Golf


The Women's Golf team is currently coached by Karen Bahnsen
Karen Bahnsen

The information in this article is current as of August 2006.Karen Bahsen is the head women?s golf coach at Louisiana State University. Bahnsen has recorded 28 team titles and 28 individual titles as head coach of the Lady Tigers....
.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (1): 1992

Former Coaches

Buddy Alexander
Buddy Alexander

Stewart Murray "Buddy" Alexander is the head golf coach at the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida and former amateur golfer. He has also coached at Louisiana State University and Georgia Southern....


Mary Rehling Holmes
Mary Holmes

Mary Rehling Holmes was the first head women?s golf coach at Louisiana State University. Holmes recorded one team title and one individual title in three seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers. She was succeeded by Buddy Alexander....

Swimming & Diving


The swim team is currently coached by Adam Schmitt
Adam Schmitt

Adam Schmitt is a singer/songwriter from Champaign, Illinois, Illinois. He recorded two albums with Reprise Records in the early 1990s before the label released his contract....
. The diving team is currently coached by Doug Shaffer.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (1): 1988

Men's Tennis


The Men's Tennis team is currently coached by Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown (tennis)

Jeff Brown is the current head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Brown succeeded Jerry Simmons in 1998 and has recorded an overall record of 159-74 in nine seasons as head coach of the Tigers....
.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (4): 1976, 1985, 1998, 1999

Former Coaches

Mike Donahue
Mike Donahue

Michael "Iron Mike" Donahue was a head coach in a variety of sports at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....


Dub Robinson
Dub Robinson

W.T. "Dub" Robinson is the former head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Robinson succeeded Mike Donahue in 1948 and recorded a record of 173-173-9 from 1948-1974....


Charles Diel
Charles Diel

Charles Diel is the former head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Diel succeeded Paul Young in 1933 and recorded an overall record of 30-20-5 in ten seasons as head coach of the Tigers....


Paul Young
Paul Young (tennis)

Paul Young was the first head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Young recorded an overall record of 12-12-1 in eight seasons as head coach of the Tigers. He was succeeded by Charles Diel....


Steve Carter
Steve Carter (tennis)

Steve Carter is the former head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Simmons succeeded Dub Robinson in 1980 and recorded an overall record of 76-19 in three seasons as head coach of the Tigers....


Steve Strome
Steve Strome

Steve Strome is the former head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Strome succeeded Dub Robinson in 1980 and recorded an overall record of 46-27 in three seasons as head coach of the Tigers....


Jerry Simmons
Jerry Simmons

For the football player of the same name see Jerry Simmons .Jerry Simmons is the former head men?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University....


Women's Tennis


The Women's Tennis team is currently coached by Tony Minnis
Tony Minnis

Tony Minnis is the current head women?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. His father, Howard, was the former head tennis coach at Southern University....
.

National Championships (0): None

SEC Championships (0): None

Former Coaches

Goeff Macdonald

Phillip Campbell
Phillip Campbell

Phillip Campbell is the former head women?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Campbell succeeded Betty Sue Hagerman in 1984 and recorded an overall record of 79-49 in five seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers....


Betty Sue Hagerman
Betty Sue Hagerman

Betty Sue Hagerman is the former head women?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Hagerman succeeded Karen Elliot in 1981 and recorded an overall record of 40-36 in three seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers, including the Louisiana Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Championship in 1981....


Karen McCarter Elliot
Karen Elliot

Karen McCarter Elliott is the former head women?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Elliott succeeded Pat Newman in 1980 and recorded an overall record of 22-13 in one season as head coach of the Lady Tigers, including the Louisiana Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Championship in 1980....


Pat Newman
Pat Newman

Pat Newman was the first head women?s tennis coach at Louisiana State University. Newman recorded an overall record of 71-24 in four seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers, including the Louisiana Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Championships in 1976, 1977, and 1978....

Volleyball


The Volleyball team is currently coached by Fran Flory
Fran Flory

Fran Flory is the head coach of the Louisiana State University women's volleyball team. She is the former head women?s volleyball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University and the University of Kentucky....
.

National Championships (0): None

Final Four Appearances (2): 1990, 1991

SEC Championships (4): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991

Former Coaches

Scott Luster
Scott Luster

Scott Luster is the former head women's Volleyball coach for Bradley University, Louisiana State University and the University of Louisville. He holds a career collegiate coaching record of 571-365....


Ruth Nelson
Ruth Nelson

Ruth N. Nelson is the former head women?s volleyball coach at University of Iowa , Louisiana State University University of Houston and George Williams College ....


Gerry Owens
Gerry Owens

Gerry Owens is the former head women's volleyball coach at Louisiana State University. Owens succeeded Jinks Coleman in 1977 and recorded an overall record of 95-49 in four seasons as head coach of the Lady Tigers....


Jinks Coleman
Jinks Coleman

Jinks Coleman was the first head coach of the women's basketball team at Louisiana State University from 1975-1979. Coleman led the Lady Tigers to a 91-32 record before resigning 15 games into the 1978-1979 season....


Facilities


Name Sports Capacity
Tiger Stadium Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
 92,401
Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Pete Maravich Assembly Center

Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,472-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It is home to the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams....
 Men's & Women's Basketball
College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....
, Gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
, Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
 13,472
Alex Box Stadium
Alex Box Stadium

Alex Box Stadium, sometimes prounounced as "Elec" or "Alec" Box is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home field of the LSU Tigers baseball team....
 Baseball
College baseball

File:Cornell Baseball2.jpgCollege baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States....
 9,200
Tiger Park
Tiger Park

Tiger Park is a college softball stadium located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It serves as the home field of the LSU Tigers softball team and is located on Skip Bertman Drive across from the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine....
 Softball
College softball

College softball is softball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States. College softball is played by women at the intercollegiate level, whereas college baseball is played by men....
 1,289 (official capacity); 2,500 (with outfield seating)
Bernie Moore Track & Field Stadium Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field 5,680
Carl Maddox Field House
Carl Maddox Field House

The Carl Maddox Field House is an indoor track and field facility located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. It was built in 1975 however it didn't acquire its current name until the 1998 SEC Indoor Championships where the Field House was renamed in honor of late LSU Athletic Director Carl Maddox, an avid fan of...
 Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field 3,000
LSU Natatorium Swimming & Diving 2,200
LSU Soccer Complex Soccer 1,500
W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium Men's and Women's Tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 550
University Club Men's and Women's Golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
 N/A


National Championships


LSU has won 45 team national championships, 41 of which are recognized by the NCAA, tying them for 5th all time in total national championships. Four of them are not recognized because there was not an NCAA sanctioned event in place at the time to determine a champion, and thus polls were used.

LSU NCAA National Championships
Year Sport
1933 Men's Outdoor Track & Field
1940 Men's Golf
1942 Men's Golf
1947 Men's Golf
1949 Men's Boxing
1955 Men's Golf
1987 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1987 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1988 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1989 Men's Oudoor Track & Field
1989 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1989 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1990 Men's Oudoor Track & Field
1990 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1991 Baseball
1991 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1991 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1992 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1993 Baseball
1993 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1993 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1994 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1994 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1995 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1995 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1996 Baseball
1996 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1996 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
1997 Baseball
1997 Women's Indoor Track & Field
1997 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
2000 Baseball
2000 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
2001 Men's Indoor Track & Field
2002 Men's Oudoor Track & Field
2002 Women's Indoor Track & Field
2003 Women's Indoor Track & Field
2003 Women's Outdoor Track & Field
2004 Men's Indoor Track & Field
2004 Women's Indoor Track & Field
2008 Women's Outdoor Track & Field


LSU Other National Championships
Year Sport
1935 Men's Basketball^
1958 Football (AP, Coaches)^^
2003 Football (Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
)^^^
2007 Football (AP
AP Poll

The Associated Press Poll typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well....
, Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
)^^^


^ Prior to 1939, the NCAA did not conduct a tournament
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a Single-elimination tournament tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams in the United States....
 to determine the men's basketball national champion, and thus this is a "Mythical National Championship
Mythical National Championship

A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to describe a champion in a sport in which a championship is determined without the use of a playoff or tournament of some kind....
" as determined by polls.

^^ The NCAA does not award a national championship in Division I-FBS football. Instead, polls are used to determine national champions. In this case, AP Poll
AP Poll

The Associated Press Poll typically refers to a weekly ranking of the top 25 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college football and Division I college basketball teams, though other AP polls exist as well....
 and the Coaches Poll
Coaches Poll

The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football and Division I college basketball teams....
, the two biggest selectors at the time, awarded LSU the national championship. Many members of the sports media and fans refer to Division I-FBS national championships as "Mythical National Championship
Mythical National Championship

A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to describe a champion in a sport in which a championship is determined without the use of a playoff or tournament of some kind....
s" (a national championship that is won without a tournament).

^^^ In 1998 major Division I-FBS conferences came together to created the Bowl Championship Series
Bowl Championship Series

The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
 in an effort to establish a more legitimate national champion. LSU won the 2003 BCS national championship
2003 LSU Tigers football team

The 2003 LSU Tigers football team won the BCS National Championship, the first national championship for LSU since 1958. Under head coach Nick Saban, the Tigers cruised to an 11-1 regular season....
 and the 2007 BCS national championship
2007 LSU Tigers football team

The 2007 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the college football 2007 NCAA Division I-BS football season, winning the 2007 SEC Championship Game championship and the NCAA Division I-A national football championship....
. These are not NCAA sanctioned national championships, and because of that, many members of the sports media and fans still refer to them as Mythical National Championship
Mythical National Championship

A mythical national championship is a colloquial term used to describe a champion in a sport in which a championship is determined without the use of a playoff or tournament of some kind....
s.

Athletic Directors

Name Years Served
Russ Cohen
Russ Cohen

Russ Cohen was a Head coach College football Coach . From 1928 to 1931, he served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University. As was tradition for football coaches at the time, he also served as the Athletics director at LSU during his tenure as head football coach....
 ????-????
T.P. "Skipper" Heard 1932-1955
Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett (athletic director)

James J. Corbett was the athletics director at LSU Tigers from 1955 until 1967. He also served as the first president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics from 1965-1966....
 1955-1967
Harry Rabenhorst
Harry Rabenhorst

Harry Rabenhorst is the former head LSU Tigers men's basketball and LSU Tigers baseball coach at Louisiana State University. He won a mythical national championship in basketball in 1935 and led his 1953 team to the Final Four....
 1967-1968
Carl Maddox
Carl Maddox

Carl Maddox was the former athletics director of Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University. The Carl Maddox Field House on the LSU campus is named after him....
 1968-1978
Paul Dietzel
Paul Dietzel

Paul Dietzel is a former college football head coach at LSU Tigers football, United States Military Academy and University of South Carolina. He is also a former athletic director....
 1978-1982
Bob Brodhead
Bob Brodhead

Bob Brodhead Died 1996 in Baton Rouge, LA was the Athletic Director at Louisiana State University from 1982-1987. He is also the author of Sacked! The Dark Side of Sports at Louisiana State University ...
 1982-1987
Joe Dean
Joe Dean

Joe Dean was an All-SEC basketball player for Louisiana State University from 1950–52 and later became the school's athletic director, serving in the role from 1987–2000....
 1987-2001
Skip Bertman 2001-2008
Joe Alleva
Joe Alleva

Joe Alleva is the current athletics director at Louisiana State University. He officially started on July 1, 2008. He was formerly the athletics director at Duke University....
 2008-Present


Broadcast Info

The LSU Sports Radio Network's flagship station WDGL-FM
WDGL-FM

WDGL is a Classic rock music formatted radio station licensed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station, which is owned by Guaranty Broadcasting, operates at 98.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW....
 ("The Eagle 98.1") in Baton Rouge.

Name Position
Jim Hawthorne
Jim Hawthorne

Jim Hawthorne , often billed as "Hawthorne" or "Weather Eyes", was a radio disc jockey and comic actor who was a pioneer of "free form" radio....
 Director of Broadcasting; Play-by-Play (Football, Men's Basketball, Bsaeball)
Jordy Hultberg
Jordy Hultberg

Jordy Hultberg, a former Louisiana State University basketball player and assistant basketball coach under Dale Brown , is the sideline reporter for the LSU Sports Radio Network as well as the New Orleans Hornets on Cox Sports Television....
 Sideline Reporter (Football)
Doug Moreau Analyst (Football)
Patrick Wright Play-by-Play (Women's Basketball, Softball)
Kevin Ford Studio Host (Football); Analyst (Men's Basketball)
Charles Hanagriff Play-by-Play/Analyst (Baseball)
Bill Franques Analyst (Baseball)
Kent Lowe Analyst (Softball)


See also

  • LSU Hall of Fame
    LSU Hall of Fame

    The Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes members of the athletics program that have made a lasting impact on the university....
  • 256th Infantry Brigade