Lock Haven head coach Paul "Smokey" Stover, now entering season number 19 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 365-443-6 career ledger after a 16-28 season in 2010.

In the 2010 season Stover’s team improved offensively from a year ago raising their records in 11 categories including homeruns and doubles.  Stover also had two All PSAC West 2^nd team selections and a Daktronics, Inc. All-Atlantic Region Baseball First Team choice.

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 within one win 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 by going 30-22, coming within one win 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 he 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.

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