 From 1979–1983, Jack Lamabe was head coach at LSU for five seasons and had a record of 134–115 (.538).After playing college baseball at Miami (FL), coaching high school baseball, and serving as an assistant at Miami, Skip Bertman became LSU's head coach for the start of the 1984 season.In Bertman's second season, 1985, the Tigers qualified for postseason play for the first time in ten years.