Stuart Lake (baseball)
# Stuart Lake (baseball)

Stuart Daniel Lake is an American college baseball coach who is currently the Coordinator of Baseball Administration / Director of Player Development for South Carolina Gamecocks baseball. He was named the Big South Coach of the Year in 2011, when the Charleston Southern Buccaneers went 29–30 and tied for third place in the conference after finishing last in 2010.

## Playing career

In the early 1990s, Lake played baseball at USC Salkehatchie and Newberry College but eventually graduated from Charleston Southern in 1994.

## Coaching career

### Assistant coaching

After graduating from Charleston Southern in 1994, Lake spent four years as a high school baseball coach. His first collegiate coaching experience came in four seasons with South Carolina (1999–2002). During his tenure, the Gamecocks appeared in three NCAA Tournaments and were national runners-up once. Lake then spent one season at College of Charleston (2003), three at Ole Miss (2004–2006), and two at The Citadel (2007–2008).

### Charleston Southern

Lake was hired to replace Jason Murray as Charleston Southern's head coach for the start of the 2009 season. After finishing 7th and 10th in the Big South in his first two seasons, the Buccaneers tied for 3rd in 2011, earning Lake the Big South Coach of the Year award. In 2014, Charleston Southern had its first winning season under Lake, going 30–26.

## Head coaching record

Below is a table of Lake's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charleston Southern (Big South Conference) (2009–2016) ||||||
| 2009 | Charleston Southern | 16–37 | 10–15 | 7th | Big South Tournament |
| 2010 | Charleston Southern | 20–35 | 9–17 | 10th | |
| 2011 | Charleston Southern | 29–30 | 15–12 | T-3rd | Big South Tournament |
| 2012 | Charleston Southern | 20–36 | 11–13 | T-7th | Big South Tournament |
| 2013 | Charleston Southern | 22–34 | 11–13 | 3rd (South) | Big South Tournament |
| 2014 | Charleston Southern | 30–26 | 12–14 | 3rd (South) | Big South Tournament |
| 2015 | Charleston Southern | 23–30 | 10–14 | 7th | Big South Tournament |
| 2016 | Charleston Southern | 19–34 | 6–18 | 10th | |
| Charleston Southern: | Charleston Southern: | 179–262 | 84–98 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 179–262 | | | |
| 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 ||||||
