University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Baseball
Robichaux, Tony
Tony Robichaux
- Title:
- Head Coach
| TONY ROBICHAUX COACHING ACCOLADES |
| • Eighth winningest active head coach in NCAA history with 1,177 wins |
| • Winningest head coach in Louisiana Baseball history with 914 wins |
| • Guided Louisiana to the 2000 College World Series, as well as 12 NCAA Regionals and four NCAA Super Regionals |
| • Coached 29 All-Americans, five Academic All-Americans, 90 All-Sun Belt performers and 55 All-Louisiana players |
| • Coached six Sun Belt Pitchers of the Year, two Sun Belt Players of the Year, two Sun Belt Newcomers of the Year, three Sun Belt Freshman of the Year, |
| • Coached three All-Louisiana Pitchers of the Year, one All-Louisiana Player of the Year and five All-Louisiana Newcomers of the Year |
| • Named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year four times, the All-Louisiana Coach of the Year six times and the ABCA South Central Region Coach of the Year four times |
| • Member of the McNeese State Athletics Hall of Fame (2017 Induction Class) |
| • All-time winningest head coach in McNeese State history (263 wins) |
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns head coach Tony Robichaux spent 25 seasons at the helm of the Cajuns and 33 seasons overall at the Division I level.
During his tenure with the Cajuns, which began in 1995, Robichaux guided Louisiana to 12 NCAA Regional appearances (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016), four NCAA Super Regional appearances (1999, 2000, 2014 and 2015) and the 2000 College World Series. His teams earned seven Sun Belt Conference regular season crowns (1997, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018) and four Sun Belt Conference Tournament titles (1998, 2014, 2015 and 2016).
Robichaux coached 29 All-Americans, five Academic All-Americans, 90 All-Sun Belt and 55 All-Louisiana players in 25 seasons with the Cajuns. During that time, he coached six Sun Belt Pitchers of the Year, two Sun Belt Players of the Year, two Sun Belt Newcomers of the Year, three Sun Belt Freshmen of the Year, three All-Louisiana Pitchers of the Year, one All-Louisiana Player of the Year and five All-Louisiana Newcomers of the Year.
Robichaux received ABCA South Central Region Coach of the Year honors four times (1999, 2000, 2010 and 2014) in his career. He was also named Sun Belt Coach of the Year four times (1997, 2005, 2007 and 2014) and the All-Louisiana Coach of the Year six times (1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010 and 2014).
Robichaux became the 51st coach in NCAA Division I history to post 1,000 career wins on Feb. 28, 2015 with a 6-5 victory in Birmingham, Ala. against the Alabama Crimson Tide.
In 30 seasons, Robichaux posted a career record of 1,177-767-2 and ranked eighth among active NCAA Division I head coaches in career victories and 30th all-time among Division I coaches after the 2019 season.
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Since 2000, Robichaux’s pitching staff led the Sun Belt Conference in ERA in 12 of the last 17 seasons. He also guided Louisiana to nine 40-win seasons (1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and had 58 former players selected in the MLB Draft since 1995 including five draftees who have played at the major league level.
Under Robichaux, Louisiana hosted the school's first-ever NCAA baseball regional in 2000, and the program’s and Sun Belt’s first-ever Super Regional in 2014. The Cajuns also hosted an NCAA baseball regional in 2014 and 2016.
The Cajuns received several national rankings throughout Robichaux’s tenure at UL including the school’s first ever No. 1 ranking in 2014 as the baseball program was tabbed the unanimous No. 1 team heading into the NCAA postseason. That same year, the Ragin’ Cajuns set the school record for wins finishing 58-10 with an impressive 22-2 mark away from M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.
Robichaux is the all-time winningest coach in UL history with 914 victories. He became UL's all-time winningest coach on March 17, 2003 when the Cajuns defeated Illinois-Chicago 7-1 at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.
Robichaux reached career milestone victory No. 500 with a 12-5 win over Texas-Pan American on March 2, 2002, making him one of only eight coaches in NCAA history to achieve the milestone before his 41st birthday.
In 2001, Robichaux was listed by Baseball America as one of the top 10 coaches of a mid-major program in the nation, who were younger than 40 years of age.
In 2000, Robichaux guided one of the best Cajuns baseball teams in school history to arguably the school's most memorable season.
UL swept through the NCAA Regional at Lafayette and took two out of three at then-No. 1 seed South Carolina to advance to the NCAA College World Series for the first time in both school and Sun Belt Conference history.
In Omaha, the Cajuns tied a then CWS record by a first-time participant with two wins and took a thrilling 5-4 victory in the bottom of the ninth over Clemson. With their 2-2 record, the Ragin' Cajuns tied for third at the College World Series and finished the season ranked fourth nationally.
Robichaux held an active membership with the United Way as their Acadiana spokesman. He was dedicated to giving back to the community, with frequent visits to youngsters at the Children's Hospital in Houston, as well as other various civic activities in Lafayette and throughout Acadiana.
Before arriving at UL in 1995, Robichaux served as head coach of McNeese State for eight seasons. He led the Cowboys to a combined 263-177 record, including a school-record 41 wins in his last season there. He also led the program to its first-ever national ranking during the 1994 season.
Under Robichaux, MSU hurlers ranked in the top six in the nation in ERA three times during a five-year span. In 1990, Cowboy pitchers finished second in the nation in ERA. Robichaux was named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 1988, his first permanent season as head coach at MSU. He wrapped up his career at MSU as the all-time winningest coach in the school’s history and was inducted into the McNeese Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017.
Robichaux received his bachelor's degree in health and physical education from McNeese in 1986.
He is married to the former Colleen Dailey of Iota, and they have three children - Ashley, Justin and Austin. They also have eight grandchildren, Lon Paul, Ava, Silvia, Liam and Olivia children of Ashley and her husband Lon Moody, and Evelyn and Roslyn, the daughters of Justin and his wife Leigh Ann. Austin is married to former UL volleyball player Sara Mossakowski.
Robichaux's sons both have played for the Ragin’ Cajuns with Justin playing from 2007-10 followed by Austin from 2012-14.
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