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124 Lane Burroughs - Louisana Tech

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Lane Burroughs

 

Bio

  • Head Coach Louisiana Tech (7th season)
  •  back-to-back NCAA Regionals (first since 1987)
  • Hosted a regional in 2021 (1st in program history)
  •  Conference USA Tournament Champions (1st in school history)
  • Set record for most conference wins (21)
  • First time in history LA tech beat a #1 ranked team
  • Part of the 300 win club as a HC 
  • More wins in first 3 years than any LA Tech coach in 3 year span
  • Former HC at Northwestern State - 3 straight 30 win seasons
  • Former AC at Mississippi College, East Mississippi CC, Northwestern State, Southern Miss, Kansas State, and Mississippi State

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    Notes

    • We will be a face of the school
  • Committee to help run the first pitch banquet
  • Seniors run it with 5 awards given 
    • Worst hair
  • Worst body
  • Worst athlete
  • Most funny
  • Need to have thick skin we are like a family
  • Our program is player ran
    • “Do you want to lift after or before practice”
  • The locker room is their space
  • “Company man” - the glue that held it together
  • Bulldog men! - named when they earn it, some years don’t have it, captain for life
  • We went 2 years with no facility and no one left!
  • Be who we are
  • You get who you are! (when recruiting)
  • Made a commitment as a HC to have FUN
    • I want our guys to be the best part of the day!
  • Lean on your faith and family
  • Be transparent
  • Be stoic on the field - the team watches how you will react
  • Bad news first!
  • You have to check yourself. I still need to be the same person
  • The game will punch you in the face and how you respond to it is most important
  • The ability to make great decisions
  • Fall
    • Early work
  • Classroom - scouting, video review, talk
  • Practice
  • Everyday starts with the classroom
  • If you have a pulse of your team you build of that
  • Its either surrender or fight when backed into a corner
  • Appreciation Friday - write a letter to appreciation to someone who has sacrificed / impacted your life
    • More positive feedback from the letters thany anything in the program
  • Take care of the little things 
    • If i’m in my truck and see you step over trash that is not taking care of the little things
  • Thursday practice
    • Ind defense
  • Bp
  • Ind challenges - run for how many you mess up
  • Every team is different and figuring out what makes them tick
  • Adapt and adjust - you have to have the ability to adapt and adjust
  • I can handle the big things, but the little things can set me off!
  • Always have guest speakers - former players, professionals, 
  • Talking with someone who is not a baseball coach
  • Talk with people who are going to cry at your funeral
  • Get off social media
  • Become less selfish and more about relationships
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