Skip Bertman, LSU’s 5-time national title-winning baseball coach, dies at 88
Summary
Skip Bertman, the former LSU baseball coach who led the team to five national championships and built a strong college baseball program, died at age 88. He coached LSU from 1983 to 2001 and later served as the university’s athletic director.Key Facts
- Skip Bertman died early Friday morning in a Baton Rouge hospital at age 88.
- He was LSU’s baseball coach from 1983 to 2001 and won five national College World Series titles.
- Bertman helped make LSU a top college baseball program with many players going on to Major League Baseball.
- The LSU baseball stadium’s field is named after him, and the stadium opened in 2009.
- He won the Skip Bertman Coach of the Year Award six times between 1986 and 2000; the award was named after him in 2013.
- Bertman coached the U.S. Olympic baseball team in 1996, earning a bronze medal.
- After coaching, he was LSU’s athletic director until 2008 and continued supporting LSU until his death.
- He was preceded in death by his wife, Sandy, and daughter, Lisa. Funeral plans were pending.
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