Head Coach Lane Burroughs
The "Lane Train" ain't stoppin'.
Lane Burroughs, who received a contract extension on June 16, 2022 through the 2026-27 season, will enter his ninth season in charge of the Louisiana Tech baseball program in 2024.
In his eighth year with the Diamond Dogs, Burroughs led LA Tech to a 45-19 record while earning CUSA Co-Coach of the Year en route to a 2024 CUSA Regular Season Title and an NCAA Regional appearance in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Bulldogs held a CUSA-best 11-1 record at home while securing a 30-7 record in the Love Shack, which tied the most wins at home since 1988. He also secured the second-most wins in a single season with 45.
Burroughs has led LA Tech to three NCAA Regionals in the last four years along with three CUSA Conference Championships.
Under his leadership in eight seasons at Louisiana Tech, Burroughs has produced 11 of the program's 14 All-Americans, including Parker Bates, Taylor Young, and Ethan Bates, who have earned multiple All-American honors at Louisiana Tech.
The 2023 season proved to be the toughest of the seven as the Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 28-31, but Burroughs has vowed to get the program back to where they were. And that was back-to-back NCAA Regionals and conference titles in 2021 and 2022.
Burroughs led the Bulldogs in 2022 to 43 wins (tied for the second most in program history) as well as their second consecutive NCAA Regional appearance for the first time since 1986 and 1987 and tenth in program history while notching 85 total wins in the past two seasons. After a 4-1 record and back-to-back walk-off victories over Old Dominion and UTSA the Bulldogs brought home their first Conference USA Tournament Title in the schools history.
He captured his 300th career win as a collegiate head coach after a doubleheader sweep of Marshall and his 200th win at LA Tech on the final game of the regular season in a 14-5 win over Charlotte. Among those 300 victories was an 11-6 victory over No. 2 LSU at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park, making the most of hosting the in-state Tigers for the first time in 25 years. A month later, LA Tech traveled down to Baton Rouge and took the season series with a 7-6 12-inning thriller, marking back-to-back wins over LSU for the first time since 1983 and 1984.
Burroughs was named the 2021 LSWA Louisiana Coach of the Year after leading the Diamond 'Dogs to their sixth 40-win season in program history with 42 victories. The Bulldogs ended up hosting an NCAA Regional for the first time in program history as the No. 16 overall seed.
The Diamond 'Dogs made it to the Regional final after defeating Rider 18-2 and SEC foe Alabama 10-8. LA Tech’s win over the Crimson Tide secured its third win over a different SEC opponent in a single season (Alabama, Arkansas, and Ole Miss) for the first time since 1987. Burroughs also guided LA Tech to its first division title since 1992 by winning Conference USA’s Western Division title on the final day of the C-USA season.
Burroughs and his staff also helped lead the Diamond 'Dogs to their first win over a No. 1 team in program history with a 2-0 shutout of top-ranked Arkansas at the Love Shack.
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