Lelo Prado
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Lelo Prado
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| birth_date = November 5, 1962
| birth_place = Havana, Cuba
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = Hillsborough Community College
University of Tampa
| player_years1 = 1982–1983
| player_team1 = Hillsborough CC
| player_years2 = 1984–1985
| player_team2 = Tampa
| player_positions = Catcher
| coach_years1 = 1985
| coach_team1 = Hillsborough CC (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1986–1988
| coach_team2 = Tampa (asst.)
| coach_years3 = 1989–1995
| coach_team3 = Tampa
| coach_years4 = 1996–2006
| coach_team4 = Louisville
| coach_years5 = 2007–2014
| coach_team5 = South Florida
| overall_record = 849–639–2
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = DI: 0–2
| championships = 2 Sunshine State Conference Titles (1989, 1993)
7 Division II NCAA tournament Appearances (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
3 Division II College World Series appearances (1990, 1992, 1993)
2 Division II National Championships (1992, 1993)
1 NCAA tournament Appearance (2002)
| awards = C-USA Coach of the Year (2002)
Big East Coach of the Year (2009)
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Lelo Prado (born November 5, 1962) is the former head baseball coach at the University of South Florida. Hired in 2006, he guided the Bulls to a 36–24 record in his inaugural season. In 24 years as a collegiate coach, he has posted a 763–580–2 record. He led the Bulls to a 9–0 start in 2006, and South Florida was ranked 30th in the nation for that week. Prado left the position following the 2014 season. He is now a deputy athletic director at South Florida.{{Cite web |title=Lelo Prado - Deputy Athletics Director / Development (Sport Admin: Baseball) - Staff Directory |url=https://gousfbulls.com/staff-directory/lelo-prado/1552 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=USF Athletics |language=en}}
Prior to coaching at USF, he served as the head coach 11 seasons at the University of Louisville. Prado also coached for seven seasons at the University of Tampa, where he won two Division II national championships, in 1992 and 1993. In 2002, he took Louisville to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance, and earned Conference USA coach of the year honors. He had seven 30-win seasons at Louisville, also a school record.
Head coaching record
{{CBB yearly record start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Tampa Spartans
| conference= Sunshine State Conference (Division II)
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1995
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1989
| name = Tampa
| overall = 37–18–1
| conference = 18–6
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1990
| name = Tampa
| overall = 45–14
| conference = 15–9
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = College World Series
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1991
| name = Tampa
| overall = 34–17
| conference = 17–7
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season = 1992
| name = Tampa
| overall = 42–19
| conference = 18–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = College World Series
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = national
| season = 1993
| name = Tampa
| overall = 43–21
| conference = 21–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = College World Series
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1994
| name = Tampa
| overall = 36–18
| conference = 14–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1995
| name = Tampa
| overall = 41–17
| conference = 14–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Tampa
| overall = 278–124–1
| confrecord = 117–45
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Louisville Cardinals
| conference= Conference USA
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 2005
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1996
| name = Louisville
| overall = 18–36
| conference = 6–15
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1997
| name = Louisville
| overall = 23–32
| conference = 11–15
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1998
| name = Louisville
| overall = 31–24
| conference = 14–13
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1999
| name = Louisville
| overall = 37–19
| conference = 14–13
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2000
| name = Louisville
| overall = 17–37–1
| conference = 10–16–1
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2001
| name = Louisville
| overall = 32–29
| conference = 13–14
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2002
| name = Louisville
| overall = 39–18
| conference = 21–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Regional
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2003
| name = Louisville
| overall = 34–23
| conference = 14–15
| confstanding = 7th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2004
| name = Louisville
| overall = 26–30
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = 8th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2005
| name = Louisville
| overall = 32–24
| conference = 15–14
| confstanding = T–6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Louisville Cardinals
| conference= Big East Conference
| startyear = 2006
| endyear = 2006
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2006
| name = Louisville
| overall = 31–29
| conference = 17–10
| confstanding = 3rd
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Louisville
| overall = 320–301–1
| confrecord = 148–151–1
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Florida Bulls
| conference= Big East Conference
| startyear = 2007
| endyear = 2013
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2007
| name = South Florida
| overall = 34–26
| conference = 13–14
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2008
| name = South Florida
| overall = 31–27
| conference = 14–13
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2009
| name = South Florida
| overall = 34–25
| conference = 18–9
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2010
| name = South Florida
| overall = 26–32
| conference = 16–11
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = South Florida
| overall = 25–29
| conference = 13–14
| confstanding = 9th
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = South Florida
| overall = 38–22
| conference = 17–10
| confstanding = T–3rd
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2013
| name = South Florida
| overall = 36–22
| conference = 17–7
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = South Florida Bulls
| conference= American Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2014
| endyear = single
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{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = South Florida
| overall = 27–31
| conference = 10–14
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = South Florida
| overall = 251–214
| confrecord = 118–92
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{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 849–639–2
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References
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{{Louisville Cardinals baseball coach navbox}}
{{South Florida Bulls baseball coach navbox}}
{{Conference USA Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
{{Big East Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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