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Head Coach · #55 Paul 'Smokey' Stover
Details:
Email:
pstover@lhup.edu;
Phone:
570-484-2245
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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.
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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
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Yr. |
Overall |
PSAC West |
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2009 |
21-32 |
13-11 |
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2008 |
16-34 |
5-15 |
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2007 |
11-29 |
5-15 |
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2006 |
16-34 |
7-13 |
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2005 |
17-26 |
7-13 |
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2004 |
19-26 |
4-16 |
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2003 |
15-24 |
6-14 |
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2002 |
25-20-1 |
14-5-1 |
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2001 |
29-12 |
13-7 |
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2000 |
30-22 |
11-9 |
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1999 |
23-25 |
8-12 |
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1998 |
16-24-1 |
9-10 |
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1997 |
27-15-2 |
13-7 |
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1996 |
25-22 |
13-7 |
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1995 |
22-18-1 |
11-9 |
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1994 |
16-20 |
11-9 |
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1993 |
10-18-1 |
7-13 |
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1992 |
11-14 |
8-12 |
Total
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349-415-6
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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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