Gerry Glasco

Gerry Glasco
Sport(s) Softball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Louisiana
Conference Sun Belt
Record 41–16 (.719)
Biographical details
Born (1958-10-29) October 29, 1958
Crab Orchard, Illinois
Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2004,
2007–2008		 Johnston City HS (varsity asst.)
2008 Johnston City HS (JV)
2009–2011 Georgia (asst.)
2012–2014 Georgia (assoc. HC)
2014 USSSA Pride
2015–2017 Texas A&M (assoc. HC)
2017 Scrap Yard Dawgs
2018–present Louisiana
Head coaching record
Overall College: 41–16 (.719)
Tournaments NCAA Division I: 3–2 (.600)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2017 NFCA South Region Coaching Staff of the Year (Texas A&M)

Gerald Dean Glasco Jr. (born October 29, 1958) is an American college softball coach who is currently head coach at Louisiana. Previously, Glasco had been a high school softball coach, an assistant at Georgia and Texas A&M, and National Pro Fastpitch head coach with the USSSA Pride and Scrap Yard Dawgs.

Personal life

Glasco was born in 1958 in Crab Orchard, 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, assistant coach at Illinois State since 2018.[1][2]

Coaching career

High school and travel ball (2000–2008)

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)

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 2015, 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.[1]

Louisiana (2018–present)

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.[3][1][4] 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.[5][6]

NPF

Glasco has twice been a head coach with National Pro Fastpitch (NPF), first for USSSA Pride in 2014 then the Scrap Yard Dawgs in 2017. Both teams won the NPF's Cowles Cup championship.[1]

Head coaching record

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

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (2014–2014)
2018 Louisiana 41–1621–62nd[7]NCAA Regional
Louisiana: 41–16 (.719)21–6 (.778)
Total:41–16 (.719)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Gerry Glasco". RaginCajuns.com. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ https://goredbirds.com/coaches.aspx?path=softball&rc=222
  3. ↑ Askelson, Kristin; Foote, Kevin (November 1, 2017). "UL fires head softball coach Michael Lotief". The Daily Advertiser. The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ Foote, Kevin (November 22, 2017). "Glasco elated over his future at UL". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ https://ragincajuns.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=238
  6. ↑ Foote, Kevin (May 20, 2018). "Controversy clouds latest UL-LSU showdown". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ http://sunbeltsports.org/standings.aspx?standings=51
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