On the morning of Friday, August 14, Skip Bertman passed away at the age of 88. According to the Louisiana Radio Network, he had been hospitalized due to heart issues.

World Baseball Network takes a look back at the stellar head coaching career Bertman had at LSU. He leaves a legacy behind that makes him possibly college baseball's best coach ever.

A look at the coaching career of Skip Bertman

Bertman was hired by the LSU Tigers to be the head baseball coach before the 1984 season. Before being at LSU in Baton Rouge, Bertman spent eight seasons with the Miami Hurricanes as an associate head coach, recruiting coordinator, and pitching coach.

The Tigers skyrocketed to the top of college baseball very quickly under Bertman's direction. In 1986, he led LSU to the College World Series for the first time in program history. That would be the first of ten trips for LSU during Bertman's tenure as the head coach in Baton Rouge.

The late legendary head coach led LSU to five national championships in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000.

Bertman was also a seven-time Southeastern Conference (SEC) Coach of the Year. He won that award in four straight seasons from 1990 to 1993. During those same four years, LSU won four SEC championships under Bertman. They won three other SEC titles in 1986, 1996, and 1997.

After his 18 years of coaching the Tigers from 1984 to 2001, Bertman was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

He left LSU with a total of 870 wins and a winning percentage of .724.

Bertman is responsible for setting the standard for LSU to be at the top of college baseball. It is a standard that remains true to this day. The Tigers have added three national championships to their trophy mantle since Bertman won five during his career.

He leaves this Earth as one of the most influential figures in college baseball history.

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PHOTO: LSU head coach Jay Johnson, left, smiles with retired head coach Paul Mainieri, and head coach Skip Bertman before an NCAA baseball game against Maine on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)