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Head Coach · #55 Paul 'Smokey' Stover
Details: Email: pstover@lhup.edu; Phone: 570-484-2245

  

   

 

 

Lock Haven head coach Paul "Smokey" Stover, now entering season number 18 at the helm of the Bald Eagles, has led the Bald Eagle team to new heights since joining the club in 1992. Stover celebrated his 200-wins milestone in 2002 and now has a 349-415-6 career ledger after a 21-32 season in 2009.

 

 

During a tumultuous 2009, Stover guided the Bald Eagles to the first round of the PSAC tournament.  Lock Haven’s late season push to the playoffs included a doubleheader sweep of Gannon at Foundation Field, before a packed house, to secure the berth on the final weekend of play.

Lock Haven has set school records for wins three times over Stover’s tenure. In 1996 the Haven won 25 games and came one win shy of a PSAC championship. Just one year later, the Bald Eagles set the record once again with a 27-15-2 mark. In the 2000 season, the Bald Eagles upped the standards again and went 30-22, coming one win short of the PSAC Championship. Stover earned PSAC West Coach of the Year honors for the team’s performance.

Continually enhancing his student-athletes to a higher level of play, Stover has guided 37 players to All-PSAC West status during the past ten seasons, including a school-record eight in 1997.

Stover came to LHU directly from Jersey Shore High School, where took over a very weak high school program and turned it into a conference and state power. When Stover took over at JSHS, the Bulldogs had never collected more than five wins in any of their first 13 seasons.

Stover proceeded to guide them to an 11-9 record his first year. The next year, Jersey Shore entered the West Branch Conference, and in each year he was head coach, either tied for the conference title or won it outright. His overall record at JSHS was an outstanding 90-33, while his West Branch record was equally impressive at 65-9.



LHU Baseball Under Stover
Yr. Overall PSAC West
2009 21-32 13-11
2008 16-34 5-15
2007 11-29 5-15
2006 16-34 7-13
2005 17-26 7-13
2004 19-26 4-16
2003 15-24 6-14
2002 25-20-1 14-5-1
2001 29-12 13-7
2000 30-22 11-9
1999 23-25 8-12
1998 16-24-1 9-10
1997 27-15-2 13-7
1996 25-22 13-7
1995 22-18-1 11-9
1994 16-20 11-9
1993 10-18-1 7-13
1992 11-14 8-12

Total

349-415-6

165-197-1

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Bald Eagle squads under Coach Stover have set  school win marks on three occasions, including  2000's 30-win season. 



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