Lipscomb Bisons baseball

The Lipscomb Bisons baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Lipscomb Bisons
Founded1869 (1869)
Conference historyMississippi Valley Conference (1929–1934)
Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1948–1985)
Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (1986–1996)
TranSouth Athletic Conference (1997–2001)
UniversityLipscomb University
Head coachJeff Forehand (15th season)
ConferenceAtlantic Sun
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Home stadiumDugan Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
NicknameBisons
ColorsPurple and Gold[1]
         
NCAA Tournament champions
NAIA: 1977, 1979
NCAA Tournament appearances
2008, 2015
Conference tournament champions
2008, 2015

The Bisons have been to 2 NCAA Tournaments in 2008 and 2015.

Stadiums

Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium
Main article: Dugan Field

Ken Dugan Field at Stephen Lee Marsh Stadium is a baseball stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home stadium of the Lipscomb University Bisons college baseball team since 1991. The facility has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.[2] The playing surface is named after Ken Dugan, Lipscomb baseball coach from 1960 to 1996 and winner of over 1,000 games as head of the program. The surrounding stadium is named after Stephen Lee Marsh.[3]

Head coaches
Year(s) Coach Seasons W–L–T Pct
1926–1928 Hershel Priestley 3 0–0–0 –
1929 Edgar Darnell 1 0–0–0 –
1930–1932 H. Leo Boles 3 0–0–0 –
1933 Robert Alexander 1 0–0–0 –
1934–1936, 1938–1942 Robert Neil 8 0–0–0 –
1937 Pinkey Berryhill 1 0–0–0 –
1947–1951 Herman Waddell 5 0–0–0 –
1952 Axel Swang 1 0–0–0 –
1953–1956 Elvis Sherrill 4 0–0–0 –
1957–1959 Charles Morris 3 0–0–0 –
1960–1996 Ken Dugan 37 1,137–450 .716
1997–2000 Mel Brown 4 0–0–0 –
2001–2006 Wynn Fletcher 6 123–184 .401
2007–present Jeff Forehand 14 368–391 .485
Totals 14 91 1,628–1,025 .614

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NCAA Tournament
See also: NCAA Division I Baseball Championship and College World Series
Year Site Record Notes
2008 Foley Field 1–2 Athens Regional
2015 Hawkins Field 0–2 Nashville Regional
Total - 1–4 (1–4 regionals)

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Player awards

Atlantic Sun award winners

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References
  1. Lipscomb University Brand Identity Guide and Stylebook (PDF). January 1, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. "Dugan Field". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  3. "Dugan Field at Marsh Stadium". lipscombsports.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
  4. "2018 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  5. Kirk Downs (May 26, 2015). "Baseball claims A-Sun title, heading to second NCAA tourney". www.lipscomb.edu. Lipscomb University. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. "2020 ASUN Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.asunsports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2020.


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