Jay Bradley Johnson [1] (born April 20, 1977) [2] is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman, who is the current head baseball coach of the LSU Tigers. He played college baseball at Shasta from 1997 to 1998 before transferring to Point Loma Nazarene. [3]

Johnson has a 454-234 (.660) record in 12 seasons as a college head coach, including a 137-62 (.688) mark in three seasons at LSU. He has a 33-15 record in NCAA Tournament games, including a...

Feb 11, 2025 · In his three years as LSU’s coach, Johnson’s Tigers twice did not weather storms well enough to host NCAA Regionals in 2022 and ’24 and never made the best-of-three Super Regional round to get to Omaha. In between, Johnson won it all for LSU’s seventh national championship in 2023.

5 days ago · LSU head coach Jay Johnson walks back to the dugout after exchanging the lineup before the game against Nicholls on Monday, February 24, 2025 at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Jun 27, 2023 · With the Golden Spikes Award winner leading the way along with star transfers Paul Skenes and Tommy White, the Tigers made the 46-year-old Johnson the first baseball coach to win a national championship before his third year at a school.

Jun 29, 2023 · TUCSON, Ariz. —LSU coach Jay Johnson has been named 2023 National Coach of The Year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Johnson, in just his second season at LSU, led the Tigers to their seventh...

Feb 6, 2025 · Coach Johnson is going to play the way that his team needs to play to win the game in front of us. I always go back to 2023, and it may fly under the radar because we hit 144 homers, but in the College World Series, we were in that elimination game against Tennessee, and Gavin Dugas drops down a perfect drag bunt and they throw it away.

Jan 1, 2024 · In 2014, he led the University of Nevada to their first-ever conference title in his second season in Reno. Two years later, Johnson took Arizona to the College World Series finals in his first season in Tucson. And his second season at LSU resulted in the seventh national title in program history. The Tigers were truly dominant in 2023.

Feb 20, 2025 · Jay Johnson has 'a better feel' for LSU baseball this season than last. Here's why. LSU head coach Jay Johnson talks with batters Derek Curiel (6) and Chris Stanfield (1) during a Purdue...

Jan 8, 2025 · LSU head coach Jay Johnson walks across the field during a fall baseball scrimmage on Sunday, October 27, 2024 at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. New faces will dominate LSU...