Lelo Prado

Lelo Prado (born November 5, 1962) is the former head baseball coach at the University of South Florida. Hired in 2006, he guided the Bulls to a 36–24 record in his inaugural season. In 24 years as a collegiate coach, he has posted a 763–580–2 record. He led the Bulls to a 9–0 start in 2006, and South Florida was ranked 30th in the nation for that week. Prado left the position following the 2014 season.

Lelo Prado

Biographical details
Born	November 5, 1962 Havana, Cuba
Alma mater	Hillsborough Community College University of Tampa
Playing career
1982–1983	Hillsborough CC
1984–1985	Tampa
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985	Hillsborough CC (asst.)
1986–1988	Tampa (asst.)
1989–1995	Tampa
1996–2006	Louisville
2007–2014	South Florida
Head coaching record
Overall	849–639–2
Tournaments	DI: 0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Sunshine State Conference Titles (1989, 1993) 7 Division II NCAA Tournament Appearances (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) 3 Division II College World Series Appearances (1990, 1992, 1993) 2 Division II National Championships (1992, 1993) 1 NCAA Tournament Appearance (2002)
Awards
C-USA Coach of the Year (2002) Big East Coach of the Year (2009)

Prior to coaching at USF, he served as the head coach 11 seasons at the University of Louisville. Prado also coached for seven seasons at the University of Tampa, where he won two Division II national championships, in 1992 and 1993. In 2002, he took Louisville to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance, and earned Conference USA coach of the year honors. He had seven 30-win seasons at Louisville, also a school record.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Tampa Spartans (Sunshine State Conference (Division II)) (1989–1995)
1989	Tampa	37–18–1	18–6	T–1st	NCAA Regional
1990	Tampa	45–14	15–9	3rd	College World Series
1991	Tampa	34–17	17–7	2nd	NCAA Regional
1992	Tampa	42–19	18–6	2nd	College World Series
1993	Tampa	43–21	21–3	1st	College World Series
1994	Tampa	36–18	14–7	3rd	NCAA Regional
1995	Tampa	41–17	14–7	3rd	NCAA Regional
Tampa:		278–124–1	117–45
Louisville Cardinals (Conference USA) (1996–2005)
1996	Louisville	18–36	6–15	8th
1997	Louisville	23–32	11–15	7th
1998	Louisville	31–24	14–13	5th
1999	Louisville	37–19	14–13	6th
2000	Louisville	17–37–1	10–16–1	8th
2001	Louisville	32–29	13–14	T–5th
2002	Louisville	39–18	21–9	2nd	NCAA Regional
2003	Louisville	34–23	14–15	7th
2004	Louisville	26–30	13–17	8th
2005	Louisville	32–24	15–14	T–6th
Louisville Cardinals (Big East Conference) (2006–2006)
2006	Louisville	31–29	17–10	3rd
Louisville:		320–301–1	148–151–1
South Florida Bulls (Big East Conference) (2007–2013)
2007	South Florida	34–26	13–14	5th
2008	South Florida	31–27	14–13	6th
2009	South Florida	34–25	18–9	2nd
2010	South Florida	26–32	16–11	T–4th
2011	South Florida	25–29	13–14	9th
2012	South Florida	38–22	17–10	T–3rd
2013	South Florida	36–22	17–7	4th
South Florida Bulls (American Athletic Conference) (2014)
2014	South Florida	27–31	10–14	5th
South Florida:		251–214	118–92
Total:		849–639–2
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

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