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Former Alabama coach Mitch Gaspard gets new role in college athletics
Gaspard won 236 games in seven seasons as Alabama's head coach and led the Crimson Tide to a Super Regional in 2010.
This is a cool hire and role. @LionUpAthletics is hiring former Alabama head coach and Louisiana Tech top assistant Mitch Gaspard as the special assistant to the AD for special initiatives. Good to see Mitch staying in college athletics. @JayArtigues
A former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach is returning to college sports.
Mitch Gaspard, who won 236 games as Alabama's baseball coach from 2010-2016, is joining Southeastern University in Hammond, Louisiana. Gaspard will work as a special assistant to the athletic director for special initiatives. Kendall Rogers of D1 Baseball reported the news on Thursday.
Gaspard will work and report directly to Southeastern Director of Athletics Jay Artigues, himself a former head baseball coach at the school.
In seven seasons with the Crimson Tide, Gaspard led Alabama baseball to four NCAA Tournament appearances. He guided the Crimson Tide to wins over top-eight national seed Georgia Tech in back-to-back days at the NCAA tournament's Atlanta Regional in 2010.
Alabama forced a winner-take-all Game 3 at the Clemson Super Regional that year but fell to the Tigers, 8-6, in what turned out to be the Tide's last Super Regional appearance until 2023.
Gaspard joined Louisiana Tech in 2019. He assumed the role of hitting coach and recruiting coordinator that year and was named Associate Head Coach in 2021. Louisiana Tech made the NCAA Tournament three times between 2021-24 and hosted a regional in 2021. Alabama was one of three at-large teams to play in that year's Ruston Regional.
Gaspard's record as Alabama head coach was 236-191.
Fantastic hire by the Lions, not a better man anywhere than @ Athletics is better because of this home run hire.
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