MANCHESTER, N.H. –
Scott Loiseau has resigned his post as head coach of the Southern New Hampshire University baseball team and will become the top assistant coach at Penn State University. SNHU will conduct a national search to find his replacement.
"The heights that Coach Loiseau took the SNHU baseball program to during his time in Manchester were nothing short of incredible," said Anthony Fallacaro, Director of Athletics & Recreation. "Any time you take over a program and grow it into one of the top programs in the country, you know that head coach and his staff are special, and I was fortunate to call him my head coach for the last 11 years. My confidence in Coach Loiseau is marrow deep and that only grew as time went on, and I watched him build this program into an NCAA National Championship contender every year. Coach Loiseau always did it the right way and that is the foundation he built here and why SNHU baseball is consistently one of the best programs in the nation. I wish him all the best in this next chapter in his coaching journey and he will always be a member of the Penmen family wherever his coaching career takes him. Happy Valley is getting an incredible coach and an even better human being.
SNHU will post the head coach position and take applications over the next couple of weeks. We expect to have a very experienced pool of candidates, as Penmen baseball is considered one of the premier Division II programs in the country. It is my intent to keep our program at the forefront of college baseball with this hire and we will aggressively seek out the right person for SNHU baseball."
Over 14 seasons with SNHU, Loiseau posted a record of 480-209-2 (.696), including 192-48 (.800) in NE10 divisional play, which began in 2012. The 480 victories are the most in program history by 217, while the stellar .696 winning percentage is the highest of any Penmen head coach with at least 32 games under their belt. The winning percentage ranks eighth among active Division II head coaches, while the wins are tied for 57th. None of the 56 coaches ahead of him have coached fewer than his 14 seasons and only 10 of them have been at the helm for less than 20 years.
Loiseau built SNHU into a conference and regional power, with the Penmen having won all four of their NE10 titles (2014, 2016, 2021, 2022) and earned all 11 of their NCAA Championship berths on his watch. After guiding the program to the NCAA postseason for the first time in 2012, Loiseau returned it there each season since, save for the 2020 season, which saw the COVID-19 pandemic cancel the NCAA tournament. Loiseau also led SNHU to national prominence, capturing five regional titles (2012, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) to send the Penmen to the NCAA Division II Championship in Cary, N.C., as one of eight teams in the nation left standing. SNHU made the national semifinals in both 2018 and 2023.
"While I truly believe this move is what is best for my family and I at this moment, the decision to leave SNHU was an incredibly difficult one to make," said Loiseau. "This place has been my home for the last 15 years and the relationships I've made here will last a lifetime. There are many people I'd like to thank, but I'm especially grateful for [SNHU President and CEO] Paul LeBlanc, [Vice President of Student Affairs] Heather Lorenz and Anthony Fallacaro, who provided incredible support for our program and allowed it to be as successful as it has been. I'd also like to thank all the coaches and players I have been privileged to work with, our athletic support staff: James Gassman, Tricia Cote, Nicole Ham, Tom Wilkins, Eric Coplin, Vin Zuccala and Chris Silva, as well as our admissions team: Tim Whittum, Julie Callahan, Brittany Flannery and Robin Gagnon. My family will always be part of the Penmen family and we are excited to watch the SNHU baseball program continue to succeed."
Loiseau is a five-time American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) East Region Coach of the Year (2012, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023), four-time National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region Coach of the Year (2014, 2016, 2017, 2023) and six-time NE10 Coach of the Year (2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023).
Loiseau has mentored 14 all-americans, 38 all-region selections and 60 all-conference honorees, as well as a national pitcher of the year, two regional pitchers of the year, a regional player of the year, four conference pitchers of the year and two conference players of the year. He has had 32 of his student-athletes go on to play professionally, including 16 with a Major League Baseball franchise, with 12 of those players being selected in the draft.
Loiseau coached 12 complete seasons with the Penmen (2015 he served as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma, while 2020 and 2021 were pandemic shortened) and won 40-or-more-games eight times, including a 50-win campaign in 2016. His career record is an even more impressive 423-136 (.757) over 11 seasons when not counting the first three campaigns that did not include a full roster of his own recruits.
Loiseau wound up going out with one of his best seasons in 2023, guiding the Penmen to a 44-13 mark, including a stellar 23-1 record in NE10 play. SNHU won the NE10 Northeast Division for the sixth straight season and seventh time, overall, with the .958 winning percentage in league play ranking as the second best in the history of the conference. SNHU won a program-record 24 straight games from March 24-April 28, with the winning streak serving as the longest in the nation at any level, while it was active. The Penmen finished the season ranked fourth in the
Collegiate Baseball Division II Poll and fifth in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II Top 25.
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