University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Women's Basketball
Garry Brodhead
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- gbrodhead@louisiana.edu
- Phone:
- (337) 482-6978
- Sport Administration:
- @ULCoachBrodhead
Garry Brodhead, the winningest head coach in program history and only head coach to reach both 100 and 200 victories, was named the 12th head coach of the Louisiana Women’s Basketball program on April 2, 2012. Brodhead brought a new style of play to the Ragin' Cajuns, one that consisted of speed, shooting and pressing.
A defense-first approach is Brodhead's calling card, and the past three seasons have been the hallmark of the standard: the 2021-22 team finished first in the Sun Belt Conference and 19th nationally in field goal percentage defense (35.7%), the 2022-23 group ranked Top 35 nationally and led the SBC in scoring defense both overall (57.8) and in conference games (57.8), while the 2023-24 squad replicated the league-leading scoring defense efforts (59.0 overall, 59.6 SBC play), the Cajuns the lone team to hold foes below 60 per game in conference play.
Key highlights of his tenure with Louisiana include:
Locally, Brodhead is best known for his accomplishments during a 10-year stint as head girls’ basketball coach at Lafayette’s Teurlings Catholic High School where he won one state title and compiled a 297-78 record. He also led TCHS to nine district titles, six semifinals appearances in the state tournament and three times he saw his team ranked No. 1 in the state. Personally, Brodhead was named district coach of the year in nine of his 10 seasons, parish coach of the year three times and Acadiana coach of the year twice.
Along with college and high school coaching on his resume, Brodhead served as an AAU coach leading the Acadiana Stars to the national championship tournament multiple times, finishing eighth in 1997 and fifth in 2006.
The Lafayette native graduated from Louisiana in 1980 with a degree in Business Administration. He was also a student-athlete, competing as a pole vaulter on the Ragin’ Cajuns 1976-80 track and field teams. He returned to Louisiana in 1994 to spend a season as a graduate assistant coach with the women’s basketball team.
He and his late wife, Andrea, have three children (Blair, Ashley and Beau) and three grandchildren (Cellie and Emmie Richard and Brannon Boyd).
A defense-first approach is Brodhead's calling card, and the past three seasons have been the hallmark of the standard: the 2021-22 team finished first in the Sun Belt Conference and 19th nationally in field goal percentage defense (35.7%), the 2022-23 group ranked Top 35 nationally and led the SBC in scoring defense both overall (57.8) and in conference games (57.8), while the 2023-24 squad replicated the league-leading scoring defense efforts (59.0 overall, 59.6 SBC play), the Cajuns the lone team to hold foes below 60 per game in conference play.
Key highlights of his tenure with Louisiana include:
- In 2020-21, coached Louisiana to its first-ever Sun Belt Conference overall regular season championship behind an historic 15-game winning streak. Additionally, earned the program's first-ever WNIT appearance.
- Won back-to-back Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI) championships over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
- Posted a program record-tying 25 wins in 2015-16, highlighted by two wins over SEC schools (Ole Miss and Arkansas) and winning six out of the first seven on their way to a 13-7 finish in the SBC.
- Guided Louisiana to the program's first SBC Tournament title game appearance since 2007 with an impressive run in the 2017 event, winning three consecutive games to reach the championship game.
- On Feb. 18, 2017, with a 65-59 win at ULM, Brodhead became Louisiana's all-time winningest coach after collecting his 87th win as the head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns.
- The 2017-18 season saw the Cajuns complete their fourth straight winning season, a first in the program's history, and they made their fourth straight appearance in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Tournament.
- On Jan. 6, 2018, with a 59-55 win over Coastal Carolina, Brodhead won his 100th career game, becoming the first coach in Louisiana Women's Basketball history to reach the milestone.
- Louisiana had its first-ever Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year recipient, Brandi Williams (2018-19).
- Ty’Reona Doucet claimed back-to-back Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year honors (2020-21 and 2021-22).
- Registered his 100th Sun Belt victory on Feb. 11, 2023 in a 58-48 Cajuns victory over South Alabama in Mobile.
- The 2021-22 team ranked first in the Sun Belt and 13th nationally in field goal percentage (45.5%).
- With a win over Southern Miss in the 2023-24 regular season finale, earned career win No. 200 becoming the first coach in Louisiana Women's Basketball history to reach the milestone.
- Louisiana posted the top scoring defense in the SBC, overall and in conference play, both in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
- Directed the Cajuns to a fifth straight winning season in 2023-24, which marks the longest stretch of success in program history.
- Produced the most Sun Belt Tournament wins in program history, a 15-11 mark in the event during his tenure.
- Since 2017, has directed the Ragin' Cajuns to at least the semifinals of the SBC Tournament six times and made two championship game appearances (2017, 2021).
- Has had at least two All-Sun Belt performers five times in his career and 14 overall selections.
Locally, Brodhead is best known for his accomplishments during a 10-year stint as head girls’ basketball coach at Lafayette’s Teurlings Catholic High School where he won one state title and compiled a 297-78 record. He also led TCHS to nine district titles, six semifinals appearances in the state tournament and three times he saw his team ranked No. 1 in the state. Personally, Brodhead was named district coach of the year in nine of his 10 seasons, parish coach of the year three times and Acadiana coach of the year twice.
Along with college and high school coaching on his resume, Brodhead served as an AAU coach leading the Acadiana Stars to the national championship tournament multiple times, finishing eighth in 1997 and fifth in 2006.
The Lafayette native graduated from Louisiana in 1980 with a degree in Business Administration. He was also a student-athlete, competing as a pole vaulter on the Ragin’ Cajuns 1976-80 track and field teams. He returned to Louisiana in 1994 to spend a season as a graduate assistant coach with the women’s basketball team.
He and his late wife, Andrea, have three children (Blair, Ashley and Beau) and three grandchildren (Cellie and Emmie Richard and Brannon Boyd).
Garry Brodhead Media Availability (Oct 30, 2025)
Thursday, October 30
Garry Brodhead Media Availability (Oct 20, 2025)
Monday, October 20
Garry Brodhead, Skylah Travis, and Nubia Benedith Media Availability (Feb 26, 2025)
Thursday, February 27
Garry Brodhead Media Availability (Feb 24, 2025)
Monday, February 24
