Except for five seasons (1987–1991), the Cardinals baseball team had been coached by Jim Gilligan since 1973.

The Cardinals baseball team leads the Southland Conference with 10 regular season titles.

[3] The Cardinals also won one Sun Belt Conference regular season title in 1993.

The team received a bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and played TCU and Baylor.

Over the years, the Cardinals have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament thirteen (13) times.