Baseball
Gaspard, Mitch
Mitch Gaspard
- Title:
- Volunteer Coach
Mitch Gaspard, who has 13 years of experience leading baseball programs, joined the Georgia Bulldogs in July of 2018 as a volunteer coach.
Gaspard worked with the infielders, assisted the hitters, base runners and served as the first base coach. The 2019 Bulldogs posted one of their best regular seasons in school history, going 42-14 including a school record 21-9 in the Southeastern Conference. Then, Georgia advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament and played host to another NCAA Regional as a top eight National Seed. This was the first time in school history that Georgia served as an NCAA host site as a National Seed in back-to-back seasons. Also, it was only the third time for the program to make back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances.
Georgia finished the 2019 season with a 46-17 record, and the win total was the fourth most in school history while the 42 victories during the regular season was the second most. For the second straight year, the Bulldogs established a school record for Fielding Percentage (.980). Junior third baseman/closer Aaron Schunk, a second round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies, was named the John Olerud Award recipient as the nation's top two-way player by the College Baseball Foundation while junior Cam Shepherd, a 20th round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Rays, received a Gold Glove for his play at shortstop from ABCA/Rawlings. Schunk and sophomore pitcher Emerson Hancock were consensus All-America selections to highlight the Bulldog individual honors from 2019. A total of eight Bulldogs were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft with six opting to turn professional and another signing a free agent contract. Along with Schunk, Gaspard worked with senior second baseman LJ Talley who was a second team All-SEC selection, a member of the SEC All-Defensive Team and a seventh round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Gaspard served as the head coach at Northwestern State (2002-07) and Alabama (2010-16) and played collegiately at LSU and Houston. A native of Port Arthur, Texas, Gaspard’s head coaching record is 444-331. Before coming to Georgia, he spent two seasons at Kansas State as an associate head coach. He began his coaching career at Houston with stops in Louisiana-Lafayette, Northwestern State and Alabama before getting his first head coaching job with the Demons in 2002.
At NSU, he posted a 210-138 record in six seasons with one NCAA Regional appearance. He returned to the Crimson Tide in 2008 and worked two years under Jim Wells before being named head coach in 2010. In seven seasons as head coach at Alabama, he compiled a record of 234-193 and made four NCAA Regional appearances and one Super Regional.
Gaspard is a 1988 graduate of Louisiana-Lafayette after playing for the legendary Skip Bertman at LSU and then transferring to Houston where he finished his career under the direction of Dr. Bragg Stockton.
Gaspard is married to the former Kim Howell, and they have two daughters, Brae (25) and Paeton (21).
The Mitch Gaspard File
Born: May 26, 1965 in Port Arthur, Texas
High School: Port Arthur-Jefferson High School, Port Arthur, Texas
College: LSU (1984-85), Houston (1986-87), Louisiana-Lafayette (1988), B.A. in General Studies
Family: Wife: Kim; Children: Brae (25), Paeton (21)
Playing Career
LSU (1984-85), Houston (1986-87)
Coaching Career
Asst. Coach, Houston, 1988
Asst. Coach, Louisiana-Lafayette, 1989-92
Asst. Coach, Northwestern State, 1993-94
Asst. Coach, Alabama, 1995-2001
Head Coach, Northwestern State, 2002-07
Asst. Coach, Alabama, 2008-09
Head Coach, Alabama, 2010-16
Assoc. Head Coach, Kansas State, 2017-18
Volunteer Coach, Georgia, 2018-present
Gaspard worked with the infielders, assisted the hitters, base runners and served as the first base coach. The 2019 Bulldogs posted one of their best regular seasons in school history, going 42-14 including a school record 21-9 in the Southeastern Conference. Then, Georgia advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament and played host to another NCAA Regional as a top eight National Seed. This was the first time in school history that Georgia served as an NCAA host site as a National Seed in back-to-back seasons. Also, it was only the third time for the program to make back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances.
Georgia finished the 2019 season with a 46-17 record, and the win total was the fourth most in school history while the 42 victories during the regular season was the second most. For the second straight year, the Bulldogs established a school record for Fielding Percentage (.980). Junior third baseman/closer Aaron Schunk, a second round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies, was named the John Olerud Award recipient as the nation's top two-way player by the College Baseball Foundation while junior Cam Shepherd, a 20th round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Rays, received a Gold Glove for his play at shortstop from ABCA/Rawlings. Schunk and sophomore pitcher Emerson Hancock were consensus All-America selections to highlight the Bulldog individual honors from 2019. A total of eight Bulldogs were selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft with six opting to turn professional and another signing a free agent contract. Along with Schunk, Gaspard worked with senior second baseman LJ Talley who was a second team All-SEC selection, a member of the SEC All-Defensive Team and a seventh round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Gaspard served as the head coach at Northwestern State (2002-07) and Alabama (2010-16) and played collegiately at LSU and Houston. A native of Port Arthur, Texas, Gaspard’s head coaching record is 444-331. Before coming to Georgia, he spent two seasons at Kansas State as an associate head coach. He began his coaching career at Houston with stops in Louisiana-Lafayette, Northwestern State and Alabama before getting his first head coaching job with the Demons in 2002.
At NSU, he posted a 210-138 record in six seasons with one NCAA Regional appearance. He returned to the Crimson Tide in 2008 and worked two years under Jim Wells before being named head coach in 2010. In seven seasons as head coach at Alabama, he compiled a record of 234-193 and made four NCAA Regional appearances and one Super Regional.
Gaspard is a 1988 graduate of Louisiana-Lafayette after playing for the legendary Skip Bertman at LSU and then transferring to Houston where he finished his career under the direction of Dr. Bragg Stockton.
Gaspard is married to the former Kim Howell, and they have two daughters, Brae (25) and Paeton (21).
The Mitch Gaspard File
Born: May 26, 1965 in Port Arthur, Texas
High School: Port Arthur-Jefferson High School, Port Arthur, Texas
College: LSU (1984-85), Houston (1986-87), Louisiana-Lafayette (1988), B.A. in General Studies
Family: Wife: Kim; Children: Brae (25), Paeton (21)
Playing Career
LSU (1984-85), Houston (1986-87)
Coaching Career
Asst. Coach, Houston, 1988
Asst. Coach, Louisiana-Lafayette, 1989-92
Asst. Coach, Northwestern State, 1993-94
Asst. Coach, Alabama, 1995-2001
Head Coach, Northwestern State, 2002-07
Asst. Coach, Alabama, 2008-09
Head Coach, Alabama, 2010-16
Assoc. Head Coach, Kansas State, 2017-18
Volunteer Coach, Georgia, 2018-present
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