Nicholls Colonels baseball

The Nicholls Colonels baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.^[2] The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.^[3][4] Nicholls State's first baseball team was fielded in 1960.^[5][6] The team plays its home games at 2,100-seat Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field^[2][7] and is coached by Brent Haring.^[8]

Nicholls Colonels baseball
2025 Nicholls Colonels baseball team
Founded	1960
University	Nicholls State University
Head coach	Brent Haring (1st season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Thibodaux, Louisiana
Home stadium	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field (Capacity: 2,100)
Nickname	Colonels
Colors	Red and gray[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
1970*, 1972*, 1974*, 1976*, 1977*, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1984, 1998, 2023, 2024
Conference regular season champions
1974*, 1976*, 1985, 2023 *at Division II level

Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field

Championships

Conference championships

Regular season ^[9]

• Gulf South: 1974, 1976
• Gulf Star: 1985
• Southland: 2023

Tournament ^[9]

• Trans America Athletic: 1984
• Southland: 1998, 2023, 2024

History

NCAA tournament appearances

• NCAA Division I baseball tournament: 1989, 1992, 1998, 2023, 2024^[9][10]
• NCAA Division II baseball tournament: 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977^[11]

Nicholls in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1989	0–2	.000	South Regional
1992	0–2	.000	Mideast Regional
1998	0–2	.000	South II Regional
2023	0–2	.000	Tuscaloosa Regional
2024	0–2	.000	Corvallis Regional
TOTALS	0–10	.000

Conference affiliations

Years Conference Classification 1960–1965 Independent NCAA College Division 1966–1971 Gulf States Conference NCAA College Division 1972 Gulf South Conference NCAA College Division 1973–1979 Gulf South Conference NCAA Division II 1980–1982 Independent NCAA Division I 1983–1984 Trans America Athletic Conference NCAA Division I 1985–1987 Gulf Star Conference NCAA Division I 1988–1991 Independent NCAA Division I 1992–present Southland Conference NCAA Division I

Source:^[9]

Stadiums

Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field

Main article: Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field

Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field is a baseball stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana.^[2] It is the 2,100-seat home stadium of the Nicholls Colonels college baseball team.^[2] The stadium which opened in 1960 is named for Raymond "Ray" Didier, a former Nicholls head baseball coach and athletic director. The diamond is named for Ben Meyer.

Head coaches

Name Years Jim Hall 1960–1963 Raymond "Ray" Didier 1964–1973 T.C. Calmes 1974–1979 Mike Knight 1980–1996 Jim Pizzolatto 1997–1999 B.D. Parker 2000–2005 Chip Durham 2006–2010 Seth Thibodeaux 2011–2021 Mike Silva 2022–2024 Brent Haring 2025-

Source:^[9]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
• Nicholls Colonels