1995 LSWA Coach of the Year 1999 SLC Coach of the Year 2002 LSWA Coach of the Year 2003 SEC Coach of the Year 2003 LSWA Coach of the Year 2004 LSWA Coach of the Year 2015 A-Sun Coach of the Year
Raymond Peter "Smoke" Laval (born December 20, 1955) is an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys. He is a former head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians baseball teams. He has led his teams to two College World Series, five conference championships, and seven NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances, and has received a number of coaching awards.
Raymond Peter "Smoke" Laval (born December 20, 1955) is an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys...
coach SmokeLaval was brought on as an administrative assistant for the LSU baseball team in 2001 and succeeded Bertman as coach in 2002. Laval was returning...
November. Since its creation in 1947, three LSU coaches; Skip Bertman, SmokeLaval and Paul Mainieri have led the Tigers to the College World Series with...
On June 4, 2006, Bertman' successor as LSU's baseball coach, Raymond "Smoke" Laval resigned after the Tigers went 35–24 overall and 13–17 in the SEC, failing...
Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. During the Third Republic, he served...
baseball coach Dusty Rhodes. Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year SmokeLaval (2015) Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year Donnie Dewees (2015)...
time. Ten days after LSU's season ended, Bertman fired his successor, SmokeLaval, and hired Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri. Conference champions from...
winning percentage going 533–213–3 in twelve seasons. Mainieri replaced SmokeLaval at the end of the LSU Tigers' 2006 season. In the 2007 season, LSU finished...
(The Drew Carey Show, George Lopez') Russell Knox Professional golfer SmokeLaval College baseball coach of Louisiana–Monroe, LSU, and North Florida Terrence...
53-17-1 (18-8 SEC) Head coach Skip Bertman (10th year) Assistant coaches SmokeLaval (10th year) Dane Canevari (3rd year) Rick Smith (1st year) Home stadium...
Steve Maddox (1974) Jimmy Childress (1975) Lou St. Amant (1976–1993) SmokeLaval (1994–2000) Brad Holland (2001–2006) Jeff Schexnaider (2006–2014) Bruce...
Tony Dawson - Former NBA player Vontrell Jamison - Former NFL player SmokeLaval - College baseball coach of Louisiana–Monroe, LSU, and North Florida...
2005, advancing to the final in 2005. The team's current head coach is SmokeLaval, who took over from Rhodes after the 2010 season. The Ospreys won their...
Steve Maddox (1974) Jimmy Childress (1975) Lou St. Amant (1976–1993) SmokeLaval (1994–2000) Brad Holland (2001–2006) Jeff Schexnaider (2006–2014) Bruce...
Steve Maddox (1974) Jimmy Childress (1975) Lou St. Amant (1976–1993) SmokeLaval (1994–2000) Brad Holland (2001–2006) Jeff Schexnaider (2006–2014) Bruce...
Katsuobushi (Japanese: 鰹節) is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis, sometimes referred to as bonito). It is also known as bonito...