D.D. Breaux

Sport: Gymnastics

Induction Year: 2017

University: LSUSoutheastern

 Induction Year: 2017

D-D BREAUX — The “Dean of Coaches” at LSU, Breaux has carved out a solid career in 39 seasons as the Tigers gymnastics coach. Breaux has posted a 706-416-8 overall record (.628) during a period of sustained success that has seen LSU make 32 consecutive NCAA regional appearances.  LSU has been to the NCAA national semifinals — which includes 12 teams — 11 of the past 12 years with five Super Six appearances (the equivalent of college basketball’s Final Four) in the past nine seasons. LSU athletes have also won nine individual titles since 2002.  Breaux led her team to a program-best runner-up finish at the 2016 NCAA championships, scoring a 197.450 while Oklahoma won with a 197.675.  A USA Gymnastics Region 8 Hall of Famer, Breaux was voted national coach of the year by her peers after leading the Tigers to a third-place national finish in 2014. Breaux has earned the NCAA Central Region Coach of the Year honor eight times and was the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year seven times. A former gymnast long before Title IX, she has for nearly four decades tirelessly worked to bring attention to the sport and at least twice resisted desires of the LSU athletic administration to shut down the program — earning her respect and admiration from rival coaches around the country. In 2016, LSU shattered the home attendance record for the fourth straight season with an average of 9,906 fans. Three of the top-five attendance figures in program history came through the doors this season with a school-record 13,296 packing the Pete Maravich Assembly Center to watch LSU top Alabama. They attracted more than 10,000 fans for two other meets (10,177 for Auburn and 10,052 for Kentucky) after having crowds of 13,179 and 12,217 in 2015.  Born 1-19-1953 in Donaldsonville, La.