Southeastern Louisiana University Athletics

Spencer Goodwin, a former Northwestern State second baseman and assistant coach, joined the Southeastern staff of coach Bobby Barbier in July of 2023. He serves as the Lions’ infield coach.
 
In his first season, Goodwin helped mold a squad that established a program single-season record for home runs and posted its highest batting average in eight seasons. During the North Oaks Health System Southland Conference Baseball Championship, the No. 6-seeded Lions picked up a pair of wins and advanced to the semifinal round.
 
Right-hander Brennan Stuprich, along with infielders TJ Salvaggio and Shea Thomas, earned first team All-Conference honors. Salvaggio and Thomas joined Rhett Rosevear and Jackson Rodriguez on the Southland’s All-Academic squad.
 
Four SLU hitters produced double-figure home run totals – Salvaggio (13), Parker Coley (12), Jude Hall (12) and Thomas (10) – as the Lions blasted 86 home runs as a team, besting the previous program record by three.
 
Hall, Coley and Justin Williams would each earn Southland Conference Hitter of the Week honors during the season, while Stuprich was named the conference’s Pitcher of the Week twice.
 
Goodwin spent six seasons in a variety of roles on Barbier’s staff at Northwestern State following his Demon playing career.
 
He helmed the Demons’ recruiting efforts for the 2022 and 2023 seasons, serving as the staff’s recruiting coordinator while working primarily with the Demon infielders. Goodwin also played a pivotal role in directing the Bobby Barbier Baseball Camps at Northwestern State.
 
Goodwin helped develop second baseman Daunte Stuart into a two-time All-Southland Conference selection and one of the Southland Conference’s top MLB Draft prospects.
 
In 2020, his first season following his graduate assistantship, Goodwin helped break in the double-play combination of shortstop Cam Sibley and Stuart, both of whom were in their first seasons of Division I baseball, while working with the Northwestern State infielders.
 
Stuart earned Freshman All-American honors in 2021, leading the Demons in batting average (.270), home runs (7) and RBIs (30).
 
Goodwin also helped tutor the Demon hitters and was in charge of NSU’s base running. Under Goodwin’s leadership, Demon position players swiped 15 bases in just 16 games.
 
A two-year letterman for the Demons in 2016 and 2017, Goodwin led the Demons in stolen bases (7) his senior year while finishing third on the squad in batting average (.278).
 
In his first season at Northwestern State, Goodwin was a key part of an infield defense that set the school record for double plays in a season (71) while ranking second in the nation in total double plays turned.
 
He made an immediate impact, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI in his first collegiate start at Southern Miss on Feb. 26, 2016. Two days later, he delivered his first Division I home run.
 
Goodwin spent two seasons at Bossier Parish Community College before transferring to Northwestern State where he played in 96 games in two seasons, starting 79 of those contests.
 
A two-time member of the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll, Goodwin graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Goodwin earned his master’s degree in health and human performance from NSU in May 2019.

 
THE GOODWIN FILE
Coaching Career
2021-23: Assistant Coach, Northwestern State
2020: Volunteer Assistant Coach, Northwestern State
2018-19: Graduate Manager, Northwestern State
 
Playing Career
Northwestern State: 2016-17
Bossier Parish CC: 2014-15
 
Personal
College: Northwestern State, Bossier Parish CC