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70 for 70: Skip Bertman

5 hours 16 minutes 29 seconds ago Tuesday, April 22 2025 Apr 22, 2025 April 22, 2025 7:47 AM April 22, 2025 in 2une In
Source: WBRZ

WBRZ's 70 for 70 will profile some of the personalities who have been on Channel 2's air since it went to broadcast 70 years ago. 

This week on 70 for 70, relive some of LSU Baseball's glory days with Skip Bertman. 

Skip Bertman was hired to be the LSU baseball coach in 1984. During his tenure, he saw the Tigers to 16 NCAA tournaments, 11 College World Series appearances, seven SEC championship appearances and five national championships titles in the 18 seasons he headed the team. 

While coaching at LSU, Bertman was honored as the Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year five times, Baseball America Coach of the Year twice and SEC Coach of the Year seven times in a row. 

He moved to work on the LSU Athletics administration in 2001 and stayed there for seven years. He now serves as a fundraising expert for the athletics department.

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