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Yvette Marie Girouard (born 1954) is an American retired softball coach who was head coach at Southwestern Louisiana (later Louisiana) from 1981 to 2000 and LSU from 2001 to 2011.

On March 15, 2019 at the Louisiana softball game vs. the Troy Trojans, Lamson Park was rededicated to Yvette Girouard. The park will now be called “Yvette Girouard Field at Lamson Park.”

Early life and education

Born in Broussard, Louisiana, Girouard grew up in nearby Lafayette and graduated from Ovey Comeaux High School in 1972.^[1] She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette). A member of the volleyball team from 1972 to 1975, Girouard graduated in 1976 with a B.S. in health and physical education.^[2]^[3]

Coaching career

Girouard began the softball program at Lafayette High School in 1977. After three seasons at Lafayette High, Girouard was head coach at her alma mater Comeaux High in 1980 before starting the softball program at Southwestern Louisiana in 1981.^[3]

As head coach at Southwestern Louisiana Girouard had an overall 759-250 record from 1981 to 2000.^[4]^[3] Her teams advanced to 10 NCAA Tournaments, including three Women's College World Series, finishing third in 1993 and fifth in 1995 and 1996.^[3]

Girouard left the Ragin Cajuns in 2001 to take the reins of the LSU program. She finished her career at LSU with a 526-171-1 record. She led LSU to two Women's College World Series (third-place finishes in 2001 and 2004), three SEC championships (2001, 2002, and 2004), four SEC tournament championships (2001, 2002, 2004, and 2007), and two SEC tournament runner-up finishes (2003 and 2006). Her LSU teams played in seven NCAA tournaments.

Girouard is one of only three coaches to take two teams to the Women's College World Series. She was the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Coach of the Year in 1990 and 1993; the Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 1984, 1985, and 1987; the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year in 2000; and the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in 2001, 2002, and 2006. She is also a 13-time winner of Louisiana Coach of the Year. Between her stints at Louisiana-Lafayette and LSU, her career record is 1,285-421-1.

Girouard was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December 2005 and the Louisiana Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in June 2002.

Head coaching record

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020317085310/http://www.ragincajuns.com:80/softball/yvette_girouard.htm|archivedate=March 17, 2002|title=Yvette Girouard|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|work=RaginCajuns.com|accessdate=May 20, 2018|url=http://www.ragincajuns.com:80/softball/yvette_girouard.htm}}
2. ^{{citation|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ragincajuns.com/documents/2018/4/25/2018_Volleyball_Record_Book.pdf|title=All-time letterwinners|work=2018 Louisiana Volleyball History and Records Book|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|page=7}}
3. ^¹²³{{cite web|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174096|title=Yvette Girouard|publisher=LSU|accessdate=May 20, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://stats.ncaa.org/people/8288|title=NCAA Statistics: Yvette Girouard|accessdate=May 20, 2018}}
5. ^{{cite book|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ragincajuns.com/documents/2018/4/25/2018_Louisiana_Softball_Record_Book.pdf|title=2018 Louisiana Softball History and Records Book|pages=24, 29|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|year=2018}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/assets/docs/sb/pdf/18guide.pdf|title=2018 LSU Softball Media Guide|page=77|publisher=Louisiana State University|year=2018}}