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

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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