Stuart_Lake_(baseball)
Stuart Lake (baseball)
American college baseball coach (born 1971)
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 | (1971-08-29) August 29, 1971 (age 52)[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 | |
In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College and graduated from Charleston Southern University in 1994.[2][3][4]
Assistant coaching
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
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]
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 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "Stuart Lake - Assistant Coach - University of South Carolina". gamecocksonline.com.
- "Stuart Lake". CSUSports.com. Charleston Southern Athletic Communications. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "Where Are They Now??". 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). "Morris: Tim Medlin Finds Success, Happiness as USC Sumter Baseball Coach". TheState.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "Citadel Names Lake Assistant Baseball Coach". WISTV.com. Associated Press. July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- Cloninger, David (June 26, 2007). "Tanner Could Have an Eye on Lake". 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 9, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- Shelton, David (February 9, 2014). "Charleston Southern Baseball Coach Stuart Lake Says This Team Could Be His Best". PostAndCourier.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- Kornblut, Phil (May 25, 2011). "Big South Announces Baseball Post Season Awards". SportsTalkSC.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "Coaches' Corner with Charleston Southern's Stuart Lake". NextLevelBallplayer.com. April 13, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "2013 Big South Baseball Record Book". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "2013 Big South Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
- "2014 Big South Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.