Baseball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Hometown:
- New Orleans, La.
- Year at Mizzou:
- 2024 (Third Season)
- Alma Mater:
- Missouri, '06
- Email:
- bjlf22@missouri.edu
Mizzou head coach Kerrick Jackson added former Tiger outfielder Bryson LeBlanc to his initial staff of full-time assistants in June 2023. The New Orleans native returned to Columbia after spending five seasons as an assistant coach at UC San Diego, where he served as third base coach, working primarily with the Tritons' hitters.
LeBlanc played on two NCAA Regional-qualifying squads for former Tiger head coach (and current assistant) Tim Jamieson (2005-06) before embarking on his coaching career.
Over the span of his first two seasons back in Columbia, the Tigers have shown measurable growth and development under LeBlanc.
In 2025 Mizzou ranked third in the SEC in triples (15), sacrifice bunts (30) and HBP (102) while ranking sixth in stolen bases per game (1.22). The Tigers went on the road to College Station and swept the defending NCAA College World Series Runner-Up and preseason No. 1 Texas A&M, taking the series in dominant fashion behind a 23-8 margin of victory. The Tigers also split a series with NCAA Regional Qualifier and America East Conference champion, Binghamton, and earned a win over perennial baseball power UConn at the Puerto Rico Challenge.
Jackson Lovich was a bright spot in the Mizzou lineup, leading the Tigers and ranking sixth in the SEC with a .357 batting average during the 2025 season. He added a team-best 12 home runs, 51 RBI, 39 runs, three triples and 20 walks with a 1.052 OPS. He finished his Mizzou career as a .311 hitter in 116 games (108 starts) and was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 16th round (494th overall).
During his first season leading the Tigers' offense in 2024, Mizzou ranked third in the SEC in triples (11), fourth in sac bunts (23) and fifth in stolen bases per game (1.09) while the Tigers provided fans with numerous memorable moments, including six wins over nationally-ranked Southeastern Conference foes. The Tigers swept No. 6 Florida at home, in addition to topping a Kentucky squad that advanced to Omaha and posting impressive road wins over Georgia and Mississippi State squads that ended the year ranked among the nation's top-25 squads.
Before returning to coach at his alma mater, LeBlanc helped guide UC San Diego through its transition to the NCAA Division I level, including a 34-18 campaign this spring that culminated in the program’s first Big West Conference title. That success came on the heels of two of the most successful seasons in program history to begin his tenure. In 2019, the Tritons captured a conference title and advanced to the Division II College World Series, before ascending to the top of the national polls to begin the abbreviated 2020 campaign.
Prior to his time in San Diego, LeBlanc coached for seven seasons at UC Riverside (2012-18), where he mentored 31 all-conference performers and 18 players who were selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. He also spent four seasons in administrative and coaching roles at Oregon (2008-11), where he helped the Ducks return to prominence with a 2010 NCAA Regional berth in just their second season after the reinstatement of the program.
In all, 47 of LeBlanc’s former players have been selected in the MLB Draft, including 14 who have been taken in the top 10 rounds. Six of those have advanced to the big leagues.
As a player LeBlanc was a part of MU’s 2005 club that won 40 games, as well as the Tigers’ 2006 team that captured the Malibu Regional to secure the first Super Regional berth in program history.
LeBlanc is a 2006 Mizzou graduate, having completed his bachelor's degree in biological sciences. He and his wife, Andria, are the parents of two boys, Christian and Camden.
