Stuart Lake (baseball)

Stuart Daniel Lake is an American college baseball coach who is currently the Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development for South Carolina Gamecocks baseball. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2011, when the Charleston Southern Buccaneers went 29–30 and tied for third place in the conference after finishing last in 2010.^[2]

Stuart Lake

Current position
Title	Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development
Team	South Carolina
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1971-08-29) August 29, 1971 (age 53)[1] Prosperity, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	Charleston Southern University '94 (B.S.) University of South Carolina '98 (M.A.)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2002	South Carolina (asst.)
2003	College of Charleston (asst.)
2004–2006	Ole Miss (asst.)
2007–2008	The Citadel (asst.)
2009–2016	Charleston Southern
2020–Present	South Carolina (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2019	South Carolina (CBA/DPD)
Head coaching record
Overall	179–262
Tournaments	Big South: 1–11
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big South Coach of the Year: 2011

Playing career

In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College and graduated from Charleston Southern University in 1994.^[2][3][4]

Coaching career

Assistant coaching

After graduating from Charleston Southern in 1994, Lake spent four years as a high school baseball coach. His first collegiate coaching experience came in four seasons with South Carolina (1999–2002). During his tenure, the Gamecocks appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and were national runners-up once. Lake then spent one season at College of Charleston (2003), three at Ole Miss (2004–2006), and two at The Citadel (2007–2008).^[2][5][6]

Charleston Southern

Lake was hired to replace Jason Murray as Charleston Southern's head coach for the start of the 2009 season. After finishing 7th and 10th in the Big South in his first two seasons, the Buccaneers tied for 3rd in 2011, earning Lake the Big South Coach of the Year award. In 2014, Charleston Southern had its first winning season under Lake, going 30–26.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Lake's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.^[11][12][13]

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Charleston Southern (Big South Conference) (2009–2016)
2009	Charleston Southern	16–37	10–15	7th	Big South Tournament
2010	Charleston Southern	20–35	9–17	10th
2011	Charleston Southern	29–30	15–12	T-3rd	Big South Tournament
2012	Charleston Southern	20–36	11–13	T-7th	Big South Tournament
2013	Charleston Southern	22–34	11–13	3rd (South)	Big South Tournament
2014	Charleston Southern	30–26	12–14	3rd (South)	Big South Tournament
2015	Charleston Southern	23–30	10–14	7th	Big South Tournament
2016	Charleston Southern	19–34	6–18	10th
Charleston Southern:		179–262	84–98
Total:		179–262
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• Charleston Southern Buccaneers