Northwestern State University of Louisiana

• Location: Natchitoches, LA
• Nickname: Demons
• Conference: Southland Conference 1988-present; Gulf Star Conference 1985-1987; Trans America Athletic Conference 1981-1984; Gulf South Conference 1973-1975
• Ballpark: Brown-Stroud Field 1939-present

Stats of MLB players who went here

Northwestern State University of Louisiana was known as Louisiana State Normal College until 1944 and Northwestern State College of Louisiana until 1970.

People who went here

• Bobby Barbier, college coach
• Dave Calaway, scout
• Robert Clifton, minor league second baseman
• Clayton Cooper, Division Elite pitcher
• Brian Daly, minor league pitcher
• Randy Davis, college coach
• Danny Desclouds, minor league pitcher
• Max Dobson, college coach
• Miles Durham, minor league outfielder
• Robert Ellis, pitcher
• Brandon Emanuel, minor league pitcher
• Johnnie Emmons, college coach
• David Fry, infielder
• Nick Heath, outfielder
• Justin Hill, college coach
• Mitch Huckabay, minor league coach
• Brian Lawrence, pitcher
• Jair Morelos, minor league coach
• Adam Oller, pitcher
• Mack Paciorek, minor league infielder
• Chris Prothro, college coach
• Guy Simmons, college coach
• Al Smith, umpire
• Herbie Smith, college coach
• Lee Smith, pitcher
• Jim Wells, college coach
• Jim Willis, pitcher

Coaches

• C.C. Stroud, 1912-1930
• Alvin "Cracker" Brown, 1949-1966
• Jack Clayton, 1967-1968
• Herbie Smith, 1969-1986
• Johnnie Emmons, 1987-1989
• Jim Wells, 1990-1994
• Dave Van Horn, 1995-1997
• John Cohen, 1998-2001
• Mitch Gaspard, 2002-2007
• Jon Paul Davis, 2008-2012
• Lane Burroughs, 2013-2016
• Bobby Barbier, 2017-2023
• Chris Bertrand, 2024-present

Assistant Coaches

• Bobby Barbier, 2015-2016
• Chris Bertrand, 2017-2023
• Mike Bianco, 1991-1992
• Lane Burroughs, 1998
• Rob Childress, 1995-1997
• Kyle Crookes, 2000
• Jon Paul Davis, 2001-2007
• Matt Deggs, 1996-1997
• Justin Hill, 2004-2005
• Travis Janssen, 2002-2003
• Andy Sawyers, 1999
• Herbie Smith, 1967

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1949	12-9	7-6
1950	9-9	7-7
1951	6-10	6-10
1952	13-11	10-6
1953		4-3-1
1954
1955	10-9	5-7
1956	15-7	8-4
1957	17-8	10-5
1958	13-11	8-7
1959	14-17-2	8-6-1
1960	13-13	7-7
1961	6-23-1	2-18
1962	8-21	3-14
1963	10-12	7-11
1964	17-15	10-9
1965	20-11	13-7
1966	16-17-1	11-10-1
1967	23-11	18-8
1968	19-11-3	12-8-2
1969	9-25	5-17
1970	10-24	3-19
1971	17-29	11-14
1972	16-24
1973	22-13	8-6	NAIA District Tournaments
1974	23-20	10-6	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1975	16-26	4-12
1976	13-24-1
1977	16-30
1978	31-29
1979	20-29-1
1980	23-23		Trans-Am
1981	16-42	2-12
1982	18-26	7-5
1983	26-30		Trans-Am
1984	17-45	7-17
1985	19-34	5-14
1986	15-35	3-15
1987	14-37	2-18
1988	23-28	9-12
1989	21-28-1	7-10
1990	38-13	9-9
1991	40-21	13-5	CWS Regionals
1992	29-26	8-13
1993	40-14	18-6	Southland
1994	45-15	16-5	Southland / CWS Regionals
1995	37-15	19-5	Southland
1996	34-27	14-16	Southland
1997	35-23	19-9	Southland
1998	40-20	15-8	Southland
1999	38-21	18-9	Southland
2000	30-26	14-13	Southland
2001	38-17	19-8	Southland
2002	43-17	17-10	Southland
2003	35-22	16-11	Southland
2004	33-23	16-9	Southland
2005	41-02	22-5	Southland / CWS Regionals
2006	33-28	15-15	Southland
2007	25-28	15-14
2008	28-28	17-12	Southland
2009	26-26	18-13	Southland
2010	36-21	22-10	Southland
2011	22-32	11-21
2012	19-32	13-13
2013	16-40	5-22
2014	33-26	19-11	Southland
2015	31-23	20-8	Southland
2016	33-24	20-10	Southland
2017	20-34	10-20
2018	38-24	18-12	Southland / CWS Regionals
2019	30-25	15-15	Southland
2020	12-4	2-1
2021	27-26	20-16	Southland
2022	25-28	12-12	Southland
2023	29-27	12-12	Southland
2024	22-33	11-13	Southland