Yvette Marie Girouard was born on 1954 and is an American retired softball coach who was head coach at Southwestern Louisiana from 1981 to 2000 and LSU from 2001 to 2011.
10 Facts About Yvette Girouard
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Yvette Girouard attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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Yvette Girouard began the softball program at Lafayette High School in 1977.
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Yvette Girouard left the Ragin Cajuns in 2001 to take the reins of the LSU program.
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Yvette Girouard led LSU to two Women's College World Series, three SEC championships, four SEC tournament championships, and two SEC tournament runner-up finishes.
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Yvette Girouard is one of only three coaches to take two teams to the Women's College World Series.
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Yvette Girouard 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.
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Yvette Girouard is a 13-time winner of Louisiana Coach of the Year.
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Yvette Girouard was succeeded by former Louisiana head coach Michael Lotief and current LSU head coach Beth Torina.
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Yvette 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.