Louisiana Tech baseball coach Lane Burroughs signed a five-year extension with the school following his seventh season in Ruston. Burroughs has led the Bulldogs to NCAA Regional appearances in 3 of the last 4 seasons and three Conference-USA championships. Burroughs said he’s happy to confirm five more years in Ruston.
“We’re very happy in Ruston. I’ve got two daughters that have recently gotten their degrees from Louisiana Tech, and we have a son that’s a junior at Ruston High School, so we’re very comfortable there. The community has been very supportive of not only our program but our family.”
The Bulldogs finished with a 45-and-19 record behind Burrough’s CUSA Co-Coach of the Year earning a conference regular season title and tournament appearance. Burroughs said it’s difficult to succeed as a smaller program in the NIL era, but his Bulldogs can compete with anybody.
Our goal, really, is to be one of the best mid-major baseball programs in the country, and we know who we are. We’ve got a collective and we’ve got NIL and all that stuff and it’s like we tell every recruit, we don’t have the money LSU does or the teams in the SEC or BIG-12 but we have the resources to help them out any way we can.”
The Bulldogs will look a lot different next year as eight of the nine offensive starters last season were seniors. Burroughs will also lose out on the team’s two best relief pitchers Sam Broderson and All-American Ethan Bates. Burroughs said they’ve brought in 4 to 6 new transfers, and he feels his roster for next season is 98% ready.
“The way things are right now, its more about what can we do right now at this moment in time to prepare our team for next year, and honestly, I think we’re in pretty good shape even though we lost a lot of guys. I love what we’ve got coming back and love what we’ve got coming in, so it should be an exciting fall for us to get ready for the spring.”
- Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com
Sean Richardson