Seth Thibodeaux
{{Short description|American baseball player and coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Seth Thibodeaux
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Assistant coach
| current_team = Louisiana
| current_conference = Sun Belt
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Church Point, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1999–2000
| player_team1 = LSU Eunice
| player_years2 = 2001–2002
| player_team2 = William Carey
| player_positions = Catcher
| coach_years1 = 2003–2005
| coach_team1 = Pearl River CC (asst)
| coach_years2 = 2006–2007
| coach_team2 = Southeastern Louisiana (C/OF)
| coach_years3 = 2008–2010
| coach_team3 = Nicholls State (asst)
| coach_years4 = 2011–2021
| coach_team4 = Nicholls
| coach_years5 = 2022–present
| coach_team5 = Louisiana (asst)
| overall_record = 287–290–1
| tournament_record = Southland: 4–8
NCAA: 0–0
| championships =
| awards =
- Southland Coach of the Year (2014)
| coaching_records =
}}
Seth Thibodeaux (born 1980) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He currently is assistant coach for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. He played college baseball at LSU Eunice from 1999 to 2000 before transferring to William Carey, where he played for coach Bobby Halford from 2001 to 2002. He then served as the head coach of the Nicholls Colonels (2011–2021).
Coaching career
On August 1, 2007, Thibodeaux was named an assistant coach at Nicholls State.{{cite web |url=https://www.houmatoday.com/article/DA/20070801/News/608094242/HC |title=Nicholls hires baseball assistant |date=August 1, 2007 |publisher=Houma Today |work=www.houmatoday.com |accessdate=October 5, 2020}}
On August 18, 2010, Thibodeaux was promoted to head coach for the 2011 season.{{cite web|title=Seth Thibodeaux |url=http://geauxcolonels.com/coaches.aspx?rc=41|publisher=Nicholls State Official Athletic Site|accessdate=16 August 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.collegebaseballinsider.com/Coaches/ThibodeauxNicholls.html|publisher=College Baseball Insider|title=Thibodeaux promoted to head coach at Nicholls|date=18 August 2010|accessdate=4 November 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100812/ARTICLES/100819747 |newspaper=Houma Today|date=12 August 2010|title=Nicholls names new baseball coach|accessdate=4 November 2013}} On June 3, 2021, Thibodeaux resigned as the head coach of Nicholls.{{cite web |url=https://thenichollsworth.com/7010063/sports/nicholls-baseball-coach-seth-thibodeaux-resigns/ |title=Nicholls baseball coach Seth Thibodeaux resigns |author=Brennan Arcement |date=June 3, 2021 |work=thenichollsworth.com |access-date=June 9, 2021}} On June 8, 2021, Thibodeaux joined the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns as assistant coach, under head coach Matt Deggs.{{Cite web|url=https://espn1420.com/ul-baseball-assistants-talbot-and-ryan-depart-program-seth-thibodeaux-joins-staff/|title = Two UL Baseball Assistants Depart, Seth Thibodeaux Joins Staff}}
Head coaching record
Below is a table of Thibodeaux's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.
{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Nicholls (State) Colonels
| conference= Southland Conference
| startyear = 2011
| endyear = 2021
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 28–29
| conference = 15–18
| confstanding = T-8th
| postseason = Southland Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 26–28
| conference = 13–19
| confstanding = 11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2011
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 26–29
| conference = 9–18
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2014
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 32–26
| conference = 21–9
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = Southland Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2015
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 34–19–1
| conference = 18–11
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = Southland Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2016
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 26–30
| conference = 14–16
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2017
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 29–27
| conference = 15–15
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Nicholls State
| overall = 28–32
| conference = 14–16
| confstanding = T-7th
| postseason = Southland Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Nicholls
| overall = 27–28
| conference = 13–17
| confstanding = T-9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Nicholls
| overall = 10–8
| conference = 1–2
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Nicholls
| overall = 21–34
| conference = 16–24
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Nicholls
| overall = 287–290–1
| confrecord = 149–165
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 287–290–1
}}
References
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{{Nicholls Colonels baseball coach navbox}}
{{Southland Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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