1. Stanley "Skip" Bertman was born on May 23,1938 and is an American former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University.
17 Facts About Skip Bertman
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Skip Bertman led the LSU Tigers baseball team to five College World Series championships and seven Southeastern Conference championships in 18 years as head coach.
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Skip Bertman later received his master's degree from Miami in 1964.
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In 11 seasons as head baseball coach at Miami Beach High School, Skip Bertman's team won a state championship and was state runner-up twice.
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Skip Bertman was named Florida High School Coach of the Year three times.
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Skip Bertman was hired by athletic director Bob Brodhead to coach LSU in 1984, and he transformed LSU into a baseball powerhouse, guiding the Tigers to 16 NCAA tournament appearances, 11 College World Series appearances, seven Southeastern Conference championships, and five NCAA baseball national championships in 18 seasons.
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Skip Bertman's teams drew large crowds to LSU's Alex Box Stadium, as the Tigers led the nation in collegiate baseball attendance in each of his final six seasons.
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Skip Bertman served as an assistant coach for the United States national baseball team which finished in first place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where baseball was a demonstration sport.
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Skip Bertman was named LSU's athletics director on January 19,2001, responsible for an athletic budget of $52 million.
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Skip Bertman succeeded Joe Dean, a former Tiger basketball standout who held the position for 14 years.
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Skip Bertman speculated that he would consider a return to the dugout if he could not find a suitable candidate to replace Laval after the 2006 season, but the job was eventually given to Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri.
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Skip Bertman presided over two football national championship seasons as athletic director.
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When Saban left at the end of the 2004 season to coach the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, Skip Bertman moved quickly to hire Oklahoma State coach Les Miles.
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Skip Bertman, who served as Athletic Director since leaving his coaching position after the 2001 baseball season, stepped down in 2008 to become athletic director emeritus as dictated by his contract.
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Skip Bertman was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Skip Bertman was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Skip Bertman was elected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003, and was a member of the inaugural class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.