C. Stroud Field and were led by first–year head coach Chris Bertrand.

They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the fifth seeded team winning a tie-breaker against New Orleans and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 8, 2024.

Northwestern State was picked to finish eighth in the Southland Conference with 42 votes.

[2] Bo Willis and Chase Prestwich were named to the conference preseason second team.