Champ Artigues Season 2026

Christopher “Champ” Artigues is in his second season as the  LSU Baseball Director of Operations, having been promoted to the position in September 2024 after working during the 2024 season as the Tigers’ Director of Position Player Development.

During his LSU tenure – which includes the 2025 National Championship – Artigues has assisted the Tigers’ coaches with hitting and infield instruction, organized on-campus recruiting events and coordinated team travel.

Artigues, a native of Hammond, La., played baseball at Louisiana Tech and at Southeastern Louisiana from 2020-23. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management from Southeastern Louisiana, and he is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sport Management at LSU.

He worked as the tournament director at Hammond America Sportsplex in the summer of 2022, managing over 50 youth league tournaments.

Artigues worked during the 2022-2023 academic year at Southeastern Louisiana as an assistant academic advisor, providing daily counsel to the SLU student-athletes.

He is the son of former Southeastern Louisiana head baseball coach and current SLU athletics director Jay Artigues.