FINAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
Mississippi State is one of the biggest programs in college baseball. It’s the alma mater of Thunder and Lightning—Will Clark and Rafael Palmeiro—as well as Jake Mangum, the Southeastern Conference’s hit king.
Longtime Mississippi State coach Ron Polk is known as the Godfather of the SEC for the way he brought the show of big-time baseball to the conference. Dudy Noble Field is an iconic venue and the home of the largest on-campus crowds in the college baseball history.
The one thing Mississippi State was always missing, however, was a national championship.
From the time Chris Lemonis was hired as head coach following the 2018 season—when the Bulldogs made a Cinderella run to the final four of the College World Series under interim head coach Gary
