Lane Burroughs
Bio
- Head Coach Louisiana Tech (7th season)
- back-to-back NCAA Regionals (first since 1987)
- Hosted a regional in 2021 (1st in program history)
- Conference USA Tournament Champions (1st in school history)
- Set record for most conference wins (21)
- First time in history LA tech beat a #1 ranked team
- Part of the 300 win club as a HC
- More wins in first 3 years than any LA Tech coach in 3 year span
- Former HC at Northwestern State - 3 straight 30 win seasons
- Former AC at Mississippi College, East Mississippi CC, Northwestern State, Southern Miss, Kansas State, and Mississippi State
Notes
- We will be a face of the school
- Committee to help run the first pitch banquet
- Seniors run it with 5 awards given
- Worst hair
- Worst body
- Worst athlete
- Most funny
- Need to have thick skin we are like a family
- Our program is player ran
- “Do you want to lift after or before practice”
- The locker room is their space
- “Company man” - the glue that held it together
- Bulldog men! - named when they earn it, some years don’t have it, captain for life
- We went 2 years with no facility and no one left!
- Be who we are
- You get who you are! (when recruiting)
- Made a commitment as a HC to have FUN
- I want our guys to be the best part of the day!
- Lean on your faith and family
- Be transparent
- Be stoic on the field - the team watches how you will react
- Bad news first!
- You have to check yourself. I still need to be the same person
- The game will punch you in the face and how you respond to it is most important
- The ability to make great decisions
- Fall
- Early work
- Classroom - scouting, video review, talk
- Practice
- Everyday starts with the classroom
- If you have a pulse of your team you build of that
- Its either surrender or fight when backed into a corner
- Appreciation Friday - write a letter to appreciation to someone who has sacrificed / impacted your life
- More positive feedback from the letters thany anything in the program
- Take care of the little things
- If i’m in my truck and see you step over trash that is not taking care of the little things
- Thursday practice
- Ind defense
- Bp
- Ind challenges - run for how many you mess up
- Every team is different and figuring out what makes them tick
- Adapt and adjust - you have to have the ability to adapt and adjust
- I can handle the big things, but the little things can set me off!
- Always have guest speakers - former players, professionals,
- Talking with someone who is not a baseball coach
- Talk with people who are going to cry at your funeral
- Get off social media
- Become less selfish and more about relationships
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