The College Baseball Foundation has named Jeff Willis, who led LSU-Eunice to the NJCAA Division II National Championship in June, as this year’s Skip Bertman Coach of the Year. Willis's 2024 team ...

Some people call it passion. Others call it zest. Or juice. Or gusto. Skip Bertman refers to it as “zip.” And Paul Mainieri, Bertman said, is “looooaaded with zip.” Mainieri, the longtime LSU coach, ...

The 2026 Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year Award will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation on Saturday, June 13, at the site of the College World Series, Charles Schwab Field in Omaha ...

OMAHA, Neb. – Until he saw messages flying back and forth on the 1990s-era LSU players' group text thread late this season, Skip Bertman didn't realize the Tennessee team of 2024 was making a serious ...

“I said, ‘Skip, you need to get this one right. Your legacy is kind of at stake here,’ ” Mainieri recalled. Those five national championships and seven conference titles that Bertman won while ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — In America’s pastime, Skip Bertman is a legend in the college game. Now, his legacy will forever be etched onto his hometown baseball diamond. Flamingo Park Baseball Field on ...

BATON ROUGE – The night before its 2025 SEC series opener against Missouri, LSU baseball lost its matriarch. Sandy Bertman, wife of legendary LSU baseball coach and former athletics director Skip ...

Add another talent to Skip Bertman's long list of skills. The Hall of Fame college baseball coach, who guided LSU to five College World Series championships, will provide the narration for the Baton ...

The next time Skip Bertman’s grandson Ezra comes down from Baltimore for a visit, he wants to go to Poppy’s field. Well, Ezra, it’s about to officially become Poppy’s field. In a very real sense, it ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Sandy Bertman, the wife of former LSU baseball coach and athletics director Skip Bertman, died on Thursday at the age of 87. The Bertmans were married for 63 years ...

Skip Bertman has been through a lot since he retired from coaching. The loss of his beloved wife of 63 years, Sandy Bertman, in March. The loss of his home to a fire about 20 years ago. Recently, ...