Lamabe was a high school teammate of Al Weis who played for the White Sox and Mets.
Lamabe also served as head baseball coach of the Jacksonville University from 1974 to 1978 and the LSU Tigers baseball team from 1979 until 1983. He was replaced as LSU head coach by Skip Bertman. He is a member of the University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame and the Jacksonville University Athletic Hall of Fame.