 Nichols' name, Brent Herring, is its new baseball coach. Herring spent the 2024 season as LSU's Director of Baseball Operations. Before spending one year on Jay Johnson's staff, Herring was a longtime assistant at BYU. He takes over a program that has made two straight trips to the NCAA regionals. Louisiana Radio Network News, I'm Case Keegan. What are you waiting for? Backup. Backup. Locked on the way.