LSU will have five players from its 2017 College World Series team on hand as coaches for the Purple-Gold World Series.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri made the announcement Monday, one day before the three-game intrasquad series starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alex Box Stadium.
Kramer Robertson will coach the Purple team with assistants Jared Poche, Cole Freeman, Greg Deichmann and Alex Lange. All five played key roles on a team that reached the best-of-three championship series final last summer in Omaha.
Also on hand as assistant coaches for the Gold team will be current major leaguer Andrew Stevenson; and Anthony Ranaudo, who pitched last season for a team in South Korea.