2009 LSU Tigers baseball team

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Mode = baseball
Year = 2009
Team = LSU Tigers


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Conference = Southeastern Conference
Division = West
ShortConference = SEC
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HeadCoach = Paul Mainieri
HitCoach = Javi Sanchez
PitchCoach = David Grewe
StadiumArena = Alex Box Stadium
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The 2009 LSU Tigers baseball team will represent Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2009. This was the first year for the team in the "new" Alex Box Stadium.

The team will be coached by Paul Mainieri who will be in his third season at LSU. In his first year at LSU, Mainieri's team posted a 29-26-1 record and failed to make the SEC Tournament or the NCAA Tournament, but show great promise during his second year posting a 49-19-1 record while claiming the SEC Western Division Title, SEC Baseball Tournament Championship, and earned the #7 National Seed for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

Although the 2008 team fell short during the College World Series, they showed promise and gave hope to the fans that the 2009 campaign could be a special season.

Previous Season

Pre-Season

Coaching Changes

On June 12, 2008 Terry Rooney was named Head Baseball Coach at the University of Central Florida. [ [http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/ucf-m-basebl-spec-rel.html Terry Rooney Named UCF Baseball Head Coach] ]

On June 23, 2008 it was announced that Cliff Godwin would join Rooney at Central Florida as an assistant coach. [ [http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/062308aac.html Rooney Tags LSU's Godwin to Help Lead the UCF Baseball Program] ]

On June 26, 2008 Paul Mainieri announced the hiring of David Grewe as associate head coach. Grewe previously coached under Mainieri at Notre Dame before leaving in 2005 to become the Head Coach at Michigan State.

It was also announced that Javi Sanchez and Will Davis were promoted. Sanchez was promoted from volunteer assistant to a full-time assistant. He replaces Godwin as the Tigers hitting coach and supervisor of base running. Davis was promoted from Director of Baseball Operations to volunteer assistant.

The final change to Mainieri's staff that was announced on June 26^th was the appointment of Kyle Beerbohm. Beerbohm was appointed as an undergraduate student assistant coach, and is a former Tiger pitcher. [ [http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=1498066&DB_OEM_ID=5200 Mainieri Announces Changes to Coaching Staff] ]

2008 Recruiting Class

Key Losses

*Michael Hollander
*Jared Bradford
*Matt Clark

Regular Season

EC Tournament

NCAA Tournament: Regionals

NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals

NCAA Tournament: College World Series

Roster

Coaches

chedule/Results