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| coach_team10 = [[Smash It Sports Vipers]]
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3× [[Cowles Cup]] ([[2014 National Pro Fastpitch season|2014]], [[2017 National Pro Fastpitch season|2017]], [[2019 National Pro Fastpitch season|2019]])<br>
*3× [[Cowles Cup]] ([[2014 National Pro Fastpitch season|2014]], [[2017 National Pro Fastpitch season|2017]], [[2019 National Pro Fastpitch season|2019]])
4× Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)<br>
*6× Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
2× Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions (2019, 2021)<br>
*4× Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
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'''As a Head Coach:'''<br>
'''As a Head Coach:'''<br>
2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)<br>
*2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)
'''As an Assistant:'''<br>
'''As an Assistant:'''<br>
NFCA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2017)<br>
*NFCA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2017)
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'''Gerald Dean Glasco Jr.''' (born October 29, 1958) is an American college softball coach who is currently head coach at [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball|Louisiana]] and the [[USSSA Pride]]. Previously, Glasco had been a high school softball coach, an assistant at [[Georgia Bulldogs softball|Georgia]] and [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]], and [[National Pro Fastpitch]] head coach with the [[USSSA Pride]] and [[Scrap Yard Dawgs]].
'''Gerald Dean Glasco Jr.''' (born October 29, 1958) is an American [[college softball]] coach who is currently head coach at [[Texas Tech Red Raiders softball|Texas Tech]] and the [[Smash It Sports Vipers]] of the [[Women's Professional Fastpitch]] (WPF). Previously, Glasco was a high school softball coach, an assistant at [[Georgia Bulldogs softball|Georgia]] and [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]], and head coach for the [[USSSA Pride]] and [[Scrap Yard Dawgs]] of the [[National Pro Fastpitch]] (NPF).


==Personal life==
==Early life and education ==
Glasco was born in 1958 in [[Macomb, Illinois]]. He attended high school at Crab Orchard High School where he lettered in baseball and basketball. He attended college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics. Glasco is married to Vickie Glasco and has three daughters, all of whom have been involved in softball, including Tara Glasco Archibald, who is Head Coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, since August 2019 and was formerly the assistant coach at [[Illinois State Redbirds softball|Illinois State]] 2017-2019.<ref name=ULL /><ref name=Tara>{{Cite web|url=https://goredbirds.com/coaches.aspx?path=softball&rc=222|title = Tara Archibald - Softball Coach}}</ref>
Glasco was born in 1958 in [[Macomb, Illinois]]. He attended high school at Crab Orchard High School where he lettered in baseball and basketball. He attended college at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] and earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics.<ref name=ULL/>

Middle daughter, Erin Glasco Simons, played softball at Texas A&M University.

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In 2019, Glasco's daughter, Geri Ann Glasco, who had just been hired as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Louisiana, was killed in a car accident in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns softball team soon decided to dedicate their season to Glasco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2019/01/24/two-dead-major-overnight-crash-10-remains-closed-thursday-morning/2665662002/|title=UL volunteer coach, daughter of softball head coach, killed in wreck}}</ref>


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
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Glasco started his collegiate career in softball at [[Georgia Bulldogs softball|Georgia]] as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator from 2009 to 2011. During his time at Georgia, he brought his team to a 282–92 cumulative record, topping NCAA and SEC rankings in almost all offensive categories and setting over 20 team records.<ref name=ULL /> In 2012, Glasco was promoted to associate head coach, a position that he held until 2014.<ref name=ULL />
Glasco started his collegiate career in softball at [[Georgia Bulldogs softball|Georgia]] as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator from 2009 to 2011. During his time at Georgia, he brought his team to a 282–92 cumulative record, topping NCAA and SEC rankings in almost all offensive categories and setting over 20 team records.<ref name=ULL /> In 2012, Glasco was promoted to associate head coach, a position that he held until 2014.<ref name=ULL />


In 2014, Glasco joined [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]] as associate head coach. In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the Aggies led the SEC in home run in regular season conference play. In 2017 the Aggies had their best SEC Conference finish ever with a 16–7 conference record and advanced to the Women's College World Series.<ref name=ULL />
In 2014, Glasco joined [[Texas A&M Aggies softball|Texas A&M]] as associate head coach. In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the Aggies led the SEC in home run in regular season conference play. In 2017, the Aggies had their best SEC Conference finish ever with a 16–7 conference record and advanced to the Women's College World Series.<ref name=ULL />


===Louisiana (2018–present)===
===Louisiana (2018–2024)===
After firing former head coach Michael Lotief for abusive conduct, the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] hired Glasco as head coach for the [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball]] team on November 20, 2017.<ref name=betrayed>{{cite web|last1=Askelson|first1=Kristin|last2=Foote|first2=Kevin|title=UL fires head softball coach Michael Lotief|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2017/11/01/cajuns-softball-players-feel-betrayed-lotief-suspension/821548001/|website=The Daily Advertiser|publisher=The Daily Advertiser|date=November 1, 2017|accessdate=May 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name=ULL>{{cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/coaches.aspx?rc=971&path=softball|title=Gerry Glasco|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|work=RaginCajuns.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2017/11/22/glasco-elated-over-his-future-ul/890626001/|title=Glasco elated over his future at UL|last=Foote|first=Kevin|work=The Daily Advertiser|place=Lafayette, LA|accessdate=June 30, 2018|date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> At the time of his hire, Glasco had been associate head coach at [[Auburn Tigers softball|Auburn]].<ref name=ULL /> In his first season as head coach, Glasco led Louisiana to a 41–16 record, including a 3–2 record in the [[2018 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament#Tallahassee Super Regional|NCAA Tournament]] that had both a 5–4 upset win and loss in the regional final to host [[LSU Tigers softball|LSU]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=238|title = 2018 Softball Schedule}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2018/05/20/tigers-ruled-safe-close-play-winning-run-regional-finals/627049002/|title=Controversy clouds latest UL-LSU showdown|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=May 20, 2018|accessdate=June 30, 2018|last=Foote|first=Kevin}}</ref> The 2019 season ended in similar heartbreak after Louisiana defeated [[Southeast Missouri State Redhawks softball|Southeast Missouri State]] and [[Ole Miss Rebels softball|Ole Miss]] in the Oxford Regional to lose to Ole Miss 1–5 and force a game 7. In the game 7, the Cajuns would rally back from a 0–3 deficit to be 4–3, then eventually lose when Ole Miss would score 2 in the 7th inning.
After firing former head coach Michael Lotief for alleged abusive conduct, the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] hired Glasco as head coach for the [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball]] team on November 20, 2017.<ref name=betrayed>{{cite web|last1=Askelson|first1=Kristin|last2=Foote|first2=Kevin|title=UL fires head softball coach Michael Lotief|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2017/11/01/cajuns-softball-players-feel-betrayed-lotief-suspension/821548001/|website=The Daily Advertiser|date=November 1, 2017|accessdate=May 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name=ULL>{{cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/coaches.aspx?rc=971&path=softball|title=Gerry Glasco|publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette|work=RaginCajuns.com|accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2017/11/22/glasco-elated-over-his-future-ul/890626001/|title=Glasco elated over his future at UL|last=Foote|first=Kevin|work=The Daily Advertiser|place=Lafayette, LA|accessdate=June 30, 2018|date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> At the time of his hire, Glasco had been associate head coach at [[Auburn Tigers softball|Auburn]].<ref name=ULL /> In his first season as head coach, Glasco led Louisiana to a 41–16 record, including a 3–2 record in the [[2018 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Tallahassee Super Regional|NCAA Tournament]] that had both a 5–4 upset win and loss in the regional final to host [[LSU Tigers softball|LSU]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ragincajuns.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=238|title = 2018 Softball Schedule}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/ul/2018/05/20/tigers-ruled-safe-close-play-winning-run-regional-finals/627049002/|title=Controversy clouds latest UL-LSU showdown|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=May 20, 2018|accessdate=June 30, 2018|last=Foote|first=Kevin}}</ref> The 2019 season ended in similar heartbreak after Louisiana defeated [[Southeast Missouri State Redhawks softball|Southeast Missouri State]] and [[Ole Miss Rebels softball|Ole Miss]] in the Oxford Regional to lose to Ole Miss 1–5 and force a game 7. In the game 7, the Cajuns would rally back from a 0–3 deficit to be 4–3, then eventually lose when Ole Miss would score 2 in the 7th inning. Following a shortened 2020 COVID-19 season, the Cajuns would repeat back-to-back as both conference regular season and tournament champions with appearances in the 2021 Baton Rouge Regionals and the 2022 Clemson Regionals.


Glasco finished his tenure with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, where he compiled a 300–88 record in seven years, securing five Sun Belt Conference regular-season titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year.
===NPF===

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Glasco has been a head coach with [[National Pro Fastpitch]] (NPF) three times, first for [[USSSA Pride]] in 2014 then the [[Scrap Yard Dawgs]] in 2017, and again for [[USSSA Pride]] in 2019. All three teams won the NPF's Cowles Cup championship.<ref name=ULL />
===Texas Tech (2025–present)===
On June 20, 2024, Glasco was named the head coach at [[Texas Tech Red Raiders softball|Texas Tech]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/06/20/texas-tech-softball-hires-louisianas-gerry-glasco-as-new-head-coach/74157526007/ |title=Louisiana's Gerry Glasco hired as new Texas Tech softball coach |work=[[Lubbock Avalanche-Journal]] |first=Nathan |last=Giese |date=June 20, 2024 |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref><

===Professional===
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Glasco has been a head coach with [[National Pro Fastpitch]] (NPF) three times, first for [[USSSA Pride]] in 2014 then the [[Scrap Yard Dawgs]] in 2017, and again for [[USSSA Pride]] in 2019. All three teams won the NPF's Cowles Cup championship.<ref name=ULL /> Glasco also currently serves as the head coach for the [[Smash It Sports Vipers]] of the WPF an offspring of the NPF.


==Head coaching record==
==Head coaching record==
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| confstanding = 2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sunbeltsports.org/standings.aspx?standings=51|title = 2018 Softball Standings}}</ref>
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| conference = 25–0
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| name = [[2020 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team|Louisiana]]
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| overall = 18–6
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| conference = 21–3
| conference = 21–3
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| postseason = [[2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Baton Rouge Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
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| name = [[2022 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team|Louisiana]]
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| postseason = [[2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Stillwater Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
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| season = [[2023 NCAA Division I softball season|2023]]
| name = [[2023 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team|Louisiana]]
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| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Seattle Super Regional|NCAA Super Regionals]]
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| season = [[2024 NCAA Division I softball season|2024]]
| name = [[2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team|Louisiana]]
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| conference = 22–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = [[2024 NCAA Division I softball tournament#Seattle Super Regional|NCAA Regional]]
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| name= Texas Tech
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==Personal life==
Glasco is married to Vickie Glasco and has three daughters, all of whom have been involved in softball, including Tara Glasco Archibald who is Head Coach at [[Eastern Illinois University]] in [[Charleston, Illinois]] since August 2019, and was formerly the assistant coach at [[Illinois State Redbirds softball|Illinois State]] 2017-2019.<ref name=ULL /><ref name=Tara>{{Cite web|url=https://goredbirds.com/coaches.aspx?path=softball&rc=222|title = Tara Archibald - Softball Coach|website=goredbirds.com}}</ref> His daughter Erin Glasco Simons played softball at [[Texas A&M University]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

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In 2019, Glasco's daughter Geri Ann Glasco, who had just been hired as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Louisiana, was killed in a car accident in [[Lafayette, Louisiana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2019/01/24/two-dead-major-overnight-crash-10-remains-closed-thursday-morning/2665662002/|title=UL volunteer coach, daughter of softball head coach, killed in wreck}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:15, 21 June 2024

Gerry Glasco
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTexas Tech
ConferenceBig 12
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1958-10-29) October 29, 1958 (age 66)
Macomb, Illinois
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2004,
2007–2008		Johnston City HS (varsity asst.)
2002–2008ASA 18U Southern Force Gold
2008Johnston City HS (JV)
2009–2011Georgia (asst.)
2012–2014Georgia (assoc. HC)
2014, 2019USSSA Pride
2015–2017Texas A&M (assoc. HC)
2017Scrap Yard Dawgs
2018–2024Louisiana
2022–2023Smash It Sports Vipers
2025–presentTexas Tech
Head coaching record
OverallCollege: 255–69 (.787)
Professional: 96–46 (.676)
TournamentsNPF Championship Tournament: 11–1 (.917)
NCAA Division I: 10–8 (.556)
SBC tournament: 13–4 (.765)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 3× Cowles Cup (2014, 2017, 2019)
  • 6× Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4× Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Awards
As a Head Coach:
  • 2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)

As an Assistant:

  • NFCA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2017)

Gerald Dean Glasco Jr. (born October 29, 1958) is an American college softball coach who is currently head coach at Texas Tech and the Smash It Sports Vipers of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). Previously, Glasco was a high school softball coach, an assistant at Georgia and Texas A&M, and head coach for the USSSA Pride and Scrap Yard Dawgs of the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF).

Early life and education

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Glasco was born in 1958 in Macomb, Illinois. He attended high school at Crab Orchard High School where he lettered in baseball and basketball. He attended college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and earned a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics.[1]

Coaching career

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High school and travel ball (2000–2008)

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From 2000 to 2004 and 2007 to 2008 at Johnston City High School in Johnston City, Illinois, Glasco was varsity assistant softball coach; he was also junior varsity head coach in 2008. During his time there, Glasco created the Illinois Southern Force 18U ASA team, for which he served as the head coach from 2002 to 2008. His team finished in the Top 20 four times at the ASA Gold Nationals and won the championship in 2004. That year, Glasco and his coaching staff were named the National Coaching Staff of the Year for travel softball teams by the NFCA.[1]

College assistant (2009–2017)

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Glasco started his collegiate career in softball at Georgia as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator from 2009 to 2011. During his time at Georgia, he brought his team to a 282–92 cumulative record, topping NCAA and SEC rankings in almost all offensive categories and setting over 20 team records.[1] In 2012, Glasco was promoted to associate head coach, a position that he held until 2014.[1]

In 2014, Glasco joined Texas A&M as associate head coach. In the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the Aggies led the SEC in home run in regular season conference play. In 2017, the Aggies had their best SEC Conference finish ever with a 16–7 conference record and advanced to the Women's College World Series.[1]

Louisiana (2018–2024)

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After firing former head coach Michael Lotief for alleged abusive conduct, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette hired Glasco as head coach for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team on November 20, 2017.[2][1][3] At the time of his hire, Glasco had been associate head coach at Auburn.[1] In his first season as head coach, Glasco led Louisiana to a 41–16 record, including a 3–2 record in the NCAA Tournament that had both a 5–4 upset win and loss in the regional final to host LSU.[4][5] The 2019 season ended in similar heartbreak after Louisiana defeated Southeast Missouri State and Ole Miss in the Oxford Regional to lose to Ole Miss 1–5 and force a game 7. In the game 7, the Cajuns would rally back from a 0–3 deficit to be 4–3, then eventually lose when Ole Miss would score 2 in the 7th inning. Following a shortened 2020 COVID-19 season, the Cajuns would repeat back-to-back as both conference regular season and tournament champions with appearances in the 2021 Baton Rouge Regionals and the 2022 Clemson Regionals.

Glasco finished his tenure with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, where he compiled a 300–88 record in seven years, securing five Sun Belt Conference regular-season titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year.

Texas Tech (2025–present)

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On June 20, 2024, Glasco was named the head coach at Texas Tech.[6]<

Professional

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Glasco has been a head coach with National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) three times, first for USSSA Pride in 2014 then the Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2017, and again for USSSA Pride in 2019. All three teams won the NPF's Cowles Cup championship.[1] Glasco also currently serves as the head coach for the Smash It Sports Vipers of the WPF an offspring of the NPF.

Head coaching record

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The following table shows Glasco's record as a college head coach.

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2018–2024)
2018 Louisiana 41–16 21–6 1st NCAA Regional
2019 Louisiana 52–6 25–0 1st NCAA Regional
2020 Louisiana 18–6 2–1 (Season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Louisiana 47–12 21–3 1st NCAA Regional
2022 Louisiana 47–13 23–4 1st NCAA Regional
2023 Louisiana 50–16 22–2 1st NCAA Super Regionals
2024 Louisiana 45–19 22–2 1st NCAA Regional
Louisiana: 300–88 (.773) 136–18 (.883)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2025–present)
2025 Texas Tech 0–0 0–0
Texas Tech: 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 300–88 (.773)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

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Glasco is married to Vickie Glasco and has three daughters, all of whom have been involved in softball, including Tara Glasco Archibald who is Head Coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois since August 2019, and was formerly the assistant coach at Illinois State 2017-2019.[1][7] His daughter Erin Glasco Simons played softball at Texas A&M University.[citation needed]

In 2019, Glasco's daughter Geri Ann Glasco, who had just been hired as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at Louisiana, was killed in a car accident in Lafayette, Louisiana.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Gerry Glasco". RaginCajuns.com. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Askelson, Kristin; Foote, Kevin (November 1, 2017). "UL fires head softball coach Michael Lotief". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Foote, Kevin (November 22, 2017). "Glasco elated over his future at UL". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Softball Schedule".
  5. ^ Foote, Kevin (May 20, 2018). "Controversy clouds latest UL-LSU showdown". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Giese, Nathan (June 20, 2024). "Louisiana's Gerry Glasco hired as new Texas Tech softball coach". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Tara Archibald - Softball Coach". goredbirds.com.
  8. ^ "UL volunteer coach, daughter of softball head coach, killed in wreck".
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