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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 17 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 328-383-6 career ledger after a 16-34 season in 2008.
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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 36 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.
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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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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312-349-6
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147-171-1
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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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