Stuart Lake (baseball)
Stuart Daniel Lake is an American college baseball coach who is currently the Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development for South Carolina Gamecocks baseball. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2011, when the Charleston Southern Buccaneers went 29–30 and tied for third place in the conference after finishing last in 2010.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development |
| Team | South Carolina |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 29, 1971[1] Prosperity, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Charleston Southern University '94 (B.S.) University of South Carolina '98 (M.A.) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2002 | South Carolina (asst.) |
| 2003 | College of Charleston (asst.) |
| 2004–2006 | Ole Miss (asst.) |
| 2007–2008 | The Citadel (asst.) |
| 2009–2016 | Charleston Southern |
| 2020–Present | South Carolina (asst.) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2017–2019 | South Carolina (CBA/DPD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 179–262 |
| Tournaments | Big South: 1–11 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Big South Coach of the Year: 2011 | |
Playing career edit
In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College but eventually graduated from Charleston Southern in 1994.[2][3][4]
Coaching career edit
Assistant coaching edit
After graduating from Charleston Southern in 1994, Lake spent four years as a high school baseball coach. His first collegiate coaching experience came in four seasons with South Carolina (1999–2002). During his tenure, the Gamecocks appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and were national runners-up once. Lake then spent one season at College of Charleston (2003), three at Ole Miss (2004–2006), and two at The Citadel (2007–2008).[2][5][6]
Charleston Southern edit
Lake was hired to replace Jason Murray as Charleston Southern's head coach for the start of the 2009 season. After finishing 7th and 10th in the Big South in his first two seasons, the Buccaneers tied for 3rd in 2011, earning Lake the Big South Coach of the Year award. In 2014, Charleston Southern had its first winning season under Lake, going 30–26.[7][8][9][10]
Head coaching record edit
Below is a table of Lake's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[11][12][13]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Southern (Big South Conference) (2009–2016) | |||||||||
| 2009 | Charleston Southern | 16–37 | 10–15 | 7th | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2010 | Charleston Southern | 20–35 | 9–17 | 10th | |||||
| 2011 | Charleston Southern | 29–30 | 15–12 | T-3rd | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2012 | Charleston Southern | 20–36 | 11–13 | T-7th | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2013 | Charleston Southern | 22–34 | 11–13 | 3rd (South) | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2014 | Charleston Southern | 30–26 | 12–14 | 3rd (South) | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2015 | Charleston Southern | 23–30 | 10–14 | 7th | Big South Tournament | ||||
| 2016 | Charleston Southern | 19–34 | 6–18 | 10th | |||||
| Charleston Southern: | 179–262 | 84–98 | |||||||
| Total: | 179–262 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Stuart Lake - Assistant Coach - University of South Carolina". gamecocksonline.com.
- ^ a b c . CSUSports.com. Charleston Southern Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . USC Salkehatchie. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Morris, Ron (May 15, 2014). . TheState.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . WISTV.com. Associated Press. July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Cloninger, David (June 26, 2007). . HeraldOnline.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Fitt, Aaron (July 15, 2008). "Charleston Southern Hires Lake; UNC Adds Assistant". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Shelton, David (February 9, 2014). . PostAndCourier.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ Kornblut, Phil (May 25, 2011). . SportsTalkSC.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . NextLevelBallplayer.com. April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . Big South Conference. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- ^ . D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.