 LSU also renamed a part of South Stadium Drive, between Nicholson and River Road, Skip Bertman Drive in his honor.The renamed portion runs past the old Alex Box Stadium, which has now been demolished following the opening of LSU's new stadium in 2009, the field of which is named for Bertman.In a "Baseball America" poll published in 1999, Bertman was voted the second greatest college baseball coach of the 20th century, behind Rod Dedeaux of Southern California.