Lipscomb Bisons baseball

The Lipscomb Bisons baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and is a member of the ASUN Conference.

Lipscomb Bisons
2025 Lipscomb Bisons baseball team
Founded	1869 (1869)
Conference history	Mississippi Valley Conference (1929–1934) Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1948–1985) Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (1986–1996) TranSouth Athletic Conference (1997–2001)
University	Lipscomb University
Head coach	Jeff Forehand (19th season)
Conference	Atlantic Sun Gold Division
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Home stadium	Dugan Field (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Bisons
Colors	Purple and gold[1]
College World Series champions
NAIA: 1977, 1979
NCAA tournament appearances
2008, 2015, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2008, 2015, 2023
Conference regular season champions
2022, 2023

The Bisons have been to three NCAA tournaments, in 2008, 2015, and 2023.

Lipscomb in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
2008	1–2	.333	Athens Regional
2015	0–2	.000	Nashville Regional
2023	0–2	.000	Clemson Regional
TOTALS	1–6	.143

Stadiums

Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium

Main article: Dugan Field

The Bisons have played their home games at Dugan Field in Nashville since 1991. The facility has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.^[2] The playing surface is named after Ken Dugan, Lipscomb baseball coach from 1960 to 1996 and winner of over 1,000 games as head of the program. The surrounding stadium is named after Stephen Lee Marsh.^[3]

Head coaches

Head coaches^[4]

Year(s)	Coach	Seasons	W–L–T	Pct
1926–1928	Hershel Priestley	3	0–0–0	–
1929	Edgar Darnell	1	0–0–0	–
1930–1932	H. Leo Boles	3	0–0–0	–
1933	Robert Alexander	1	0–0–0	–
1934–1936, 1938–1942	Robert Neil	8	0–0–0	–
1937	Pinkey Berryhill	1	0–0–0	–
1947–1951	Herman Waddell	5	0–0–0	–
1952	Axel Swang	1	0–0–0	–
1953–1956	Elvis Sherrill	4	0–0–0	–
1957–1959	Charles Morris	3	0–0–0	–
1960–1996	Ken Dugan	37	1,137–450	.716
1997–2000	Mel Brown	4	0–0–0	–
2001–2006	Wynn Fletcher	6	123–184	.401
2007–present	Jeff Forehand	18	479–501	.489
Totals	14	95	1,739–1,135	.605

NCAA tournament

See also: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and College World Series

NCAA tournament^[5]

Year	Site	Record	Notes
2008	Foley Field	1–2	Athens Regional
2015	Hawkins Field	0–2	Nashville Regional
2023	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	0–2	Clemson Regional
Total	—	1–6	(1–6 regionals)

Player awards

Atlantic Sun award winners

Defensive Player of the Year Award Caleb Ketchup (2022) Michael Gigliotti (2017) Grant Massey (2015) Pitcher of the Year Brady Puckett (2016)

Freshman of the Year Award Rex Brothers (2007)

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