Mitch Gaspard
| Sport(s) | College Baseball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Associate Head Coach |
| Team | Kansas State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 215-173 (.554) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 26, 1965 Port Arthur, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1984-1985 | LSU Tigers |
| 1986-1987 | Houston Cougars |
| 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- | Kansas State (Assoc. HC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 425–311 (.577) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| None | |
| Awards | |
| None | |
Mitch Gaspard (born May 26, 1965) is an associate head coach at Kansas State and the former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. He resigned from Alabama on May 30, 2016. The 2010 season was Gaspard's first season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide. He has been on the Alabama coaching staff for ten years, and was given the head coaching position when Jim Wells retired. Gaspard agreed to a 3-year contract on September 1, 2009, starting in 2010.
An all-state shortstop at Jefferson High School in Port Arthur, Texas, Gaspard led his team to the Texas state title as a senior and then became the starting second baseman in 1985 for the first Skip Bertman-coached LSU team to advance to NCAA Regional play. He played his final two collegiate seasons as a starter at second for the University of Houston, where he became an assistant coach in 1988.
Gaspard was an assistant coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 1989–92, helping the "Ragin' Cajuns" reach three NCAA Regionals and win three conference titles. In 2009, Gaspard completed his second season as the Tide's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He returned for his second stint with the Crimson Tide in 2008 after six years as head coach at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he compiled a 211-128 (.622) record. During those six years, he led the Demons to a pair of Southland Conference championships, one SLC Tournament championship and a place in the 2005 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional. In 20 years of coaching, Gaspard has worked with teams that have won eight conference championships, eight conference tournament championships, played in 16 NCAA Regionals and three College World Series berths. Gaspard was a member of Wells' original staff at Alabama in 1995 and was a pivotal figure as an ace recruiter and a shrewd tactician in the remarkable revival of the program. Alabama had four SEC wins in 1994, but after Wells and Gaspard arrived, the Tide won the SEC Tournament in 1995 and was one win away from the College World Series. By the time Gaspard returned to NSU, Alabama had earned six NCAA Regional appearances and three College World Series places, including a national championship game loss to LSU in 1997. In each of his first seven seasons at Alabama, Gaspard helped mold the Tide into one of America's finest defensive units. As the chief recruiter, he helped achieve five successive Top 20 recruiting classes, including three Top 10 finishes in 1997, 1998 and 1999.
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