Mitch Gaspard

Education

In 2009, Gaspard completed his second season as the Tide"s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

Career

The 2010 season was Gaspard"s first season as the head coach of the Crimson Tide. He has been on the Alabama coaching staff for ten years, and was given the head coaching position when Jim Wells retired. Gaspard agreed to a 3-year contract on September 1, 2009, starting in 2010.

An all-state shortstop at Jefferson High School in Portuguese Arthur, Texas, Gaspard led his team to the Texas state title as a senior and then became the starting second baseman in 1985 for the first Skip Bertman-coached Louisiana State University team to advance to National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional play.

He played his final two collegiate seasons as a starter at second for the University of Houston, where he became an assistant coach in 1988. He returned for his second stint with the Crimson Tide in 2008 after six years as head coach at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he compiled a 211-128 (622) record.

During those six years, he led the Demons to a pair of Southland Conference championships, one Salt Lake City Tournament championship and a place in the 2005 National Collegiate Athletic Association Baton Rouge Regional. By the time Gaspard returned to NSU, Alabama had earned six National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional appearances and three College World Series places, including a national championship game loss to Louisiana State University in 1997.

In each of his first seven seasons at Alabama, Gaspard helped mold the Tide into one of America"s finest defensive units.

Alabama

In Gaspard"s first season as Alabama"s head coach, the team went 42-25, including reaching the Securities and Exchange Commission Tournament championship game, and winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament Georgia Technical Regional. He will start the 2011 season with a new assistant coach in Andy Phillips. In Gaspard"s second season at Alabama his team would go 35-28 (14-16 Securities and Exchange Commission).

His team would go 1-2 in the 2011 Securities and Exchange Commission Baseball Tournament then they would make the 2011 National Collegiate Athletic Association Baseball Tournament losing to Florida State 11-1 in the Tallahassee Regional Championship Game.

In Gaspard"s third season his team would struggle early and would not get better in Southeastern Conference play. His young team would finish 21-34 (9-21 Securities and Exchange Commission) and miss the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association Baseball Tournament.

In Gaspard"s fourth year, his team would finish the season 35-28 (14-15 Securities and Exchange Commission). His team would have wins against then ranked #2 Louisiana State University, #1 Vanderbilt and #9 Arkansas.

In the 2013 Southeastern Conference Tournament they would beat Auburn 6-3, lose to Louisiana State University 3-0, beat Ole Mission 7-5, and in the quarterfinals they would lose a heartbreaker to Louisiana State University 3-2.

They would get an invitation to play in the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Baseball Tournament. They would go 1-2 and lose to Troy 9-8 in the semifinals.

Achievements

• Gaspard was an assistant coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 1989-1992, helping the "Ragin" Cajuns" reach three National Collegiate Athletic Association Regionals and win three conference titles. In 20 years of coaching, Gaspard has worked with teams that have won eight conference championships, eight conference tournament championships, played in 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Regionals and three College World Series berths. Alabama had four Securities and Exchange Commission wins in 1994, but after Wells and Gaspard arrived, the Tide won the Securities and Exchange Commission Tournament in 1995 and was one win away from the College World Series. As the chief recruiter, he helped achieve five successive Top 20 recruiting classes, including three Top 10 finishes in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Membership

Gaspard was a member of Wells" original staff at Alabama in 1995 and was a pivotal figure as an ace recruiter and a shrewd tactician in the remarkable revival of the program