Email coach
Gerry Glasco
Gerry Glasco was named the head coach of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.
Glasco, who coached the previous nine seasons prior to Louisiana in the Southeastern Conference, is considered one of the nation’s top offensive coaches and recruiters. He helped lead Georgia to a pair of final four finishes at the Women's College World Series, assisted in Texas A&M's rise in the SEC culminating with a trip to Oklahoma City in 2017 and served as associate head coach at Auburn in fall 2017.
He is the fourth head coach in the history of Ragin’ Cajuns Softball, which was led first by National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Famer Yvette Girouard in 1981.
“Gerry Glasco represents all the values we have for both our softball program and athletics department to include integrity, strong character, determination, and a championship vision,” Louisiana Director of Athletics Dr. Bryan Maggard said at the press conference introducing Glasco. “He is a proven winner, a great recruiter and has a relentless work ethic. Coach Glasco develops positive relationships with his players, while mentoring young women well beyond the softball field.”
Glasco’s résumé includes achievements at all levels of softball. He has coached 13 All-Americans, 29 All-SEC honorees, 21 All-Sun Belt performers and 40 All-Region selections. As a collegiate coach, he has been a part of 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, six NCAA Super Regionals and three Women’s College World Series. He also engineered three championships in the National Pro Fastpitch League, most recently in 2019 with USSSA Pride, and a national championship at the 18U level in travel ball.
“My family and I are excited to be a part of the Louisiana program,” Glasco said at his introductory press conference. “It’s one of the best programs in the country and is supported by the best fans in the nation.
“We will practice hard and compete hard in pursuit of a national championship. Our program has a bright future, and I am proud to be a Ragin’ Cajun.”
During his tenure at Louisiana, the Ragin’ Cajuns have continued their streak of consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and 40-win seasons, both streaks at 22 straight seasons following the 2021 season.
He directed one of the program’s best seasons ever in 2019 as Louisiana recorded its first 50-win season since 2012 (with only four defeats entering NCAA postseason play), swept the Sun Belt Conference’s regular season and tournament championships, boasted a Top 10 national ranking for 10 consecutive weeks leading up to postseason play, turned in only the second undefeated Sun Belt mark in program and conference history, established a school-record 29-game win streak and posted a Top 10 national finish in nine statistical categories.
Glasco and his staff continued building momentum in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, leading the program to its first Top 10 finish in the major national polls since 2014. The Ragin’ Cajuns scored ranked wins over Louisiana State, Oklahoma State, Texas and Florida (twice) in addition to two victories over Ole Miss, leading the squad to a No. 1 ranking in the lone RPI ranking of the year.
During the 2021 season, Louisiana reached 40 wins in the regular season by winning 25 of the final 29 games. Glasco steered the squad to repeat honors as Sun Belt regular season and tournament champions highlighted by an 11-1 record, regular season and tournament combined, against the league’s other three NCAA Tournament participants (Texas State, Troy and South Alabama). The Ragin' Cajuns advanced to Championship Sunday of an NCAA Regional for the third time under Glasco's watch, extending the program's streak of reaching the final round of a regional to 13 consecutive appearances.
The Crab Orchard, Illinois, native has raised the level of offensive production of each team he’s been associated with since his collegiate coaching career began. He coached at Georgia from 2009-2014 and at Texas A&M from 2015-2017.
Glasco helped Georgia to a 282-92 mark as the team hovered near the top of the NCAA and SEC rankings in almost all offensive categories and set over 20 team offensive records during his six-year stay. The Bulldogs belted 85 home runs his first season (up from 26 the previous season) and later led the SEC in home runs during his final two seasons.
Georgia captured the program’s first SEC Tournament championship (2014) and twice reached the final four of the Women’s College World Series (2009, 2010) with Glasco on staff.
In three seasons at Texas A&M, Glasco restructured the offense and helped guide the Aggies’ rise to the top of the SEC, culminating with a third-place finish in 2017. His clubs tallied 465 extra-base hits, including 213 home runs, and scored 6.1 runs per game. In his final two seasons, the Aggies were the SEC’s home run leaders in regular season conference play.
Eight offensive records were broken under Glasco’s watch at Texas A&M, highlighted by the 2016 season when the Aggies broke school records for runs scored (429); on base percentage (.437); RBI (401); total bases (852); and OPS (.988).
Glasco spent seven seasons as the assistant softball coach at Johnston City (Illinois) High School before taking his first collegiate job at Georgia. In his last season, he led the junior high team to a state title.
During his time at Johnston City High, Glasco founded the Illinois Southern Force Softball organization and served as the head coach of the Southern Force Gold from 2001-2008. The team finished in the Top 20 four times at ASA Gold Nationals and won the 2004 18U Gold National Championship. That year, Glasco and his staff were named the National Coaching Staff of the Year by the NFCA for travel softball.
Glasco and wife Vickie have three daughters who have shared their father's passion for the sport: Tara (Archibald), who is currently the head coach at Eastern Illinois after being awarded the job in August 2019, Erin and the late-Geri Ann who was named Gatorade National Player of the Year her senior year of high school, SEC Freshman of the Year and played both at Georiga and Oregon.
Glasco is a 1976 graduate of Crab Orchard (Illinois) High School, where he lettered in baseball and basketball. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics in 1980.
show more