Legendary coach D-D Breaux announced today she’s retiring after 43 years as the leader of LSU women’s gymnastics program. Co-head coach Jay Clark will take over. The 67-year-old Breaux admits the past year has been difficult with the death of her mother and then the coronavirus pandemic.
“I just feel like it was time for someone younger, someone like Jay, to take charge of the program and to move it through this trying, awful pandemic that we are in,” said Breaux.
Breaux is leaving on top as the Tigers are three-time defending SEC champions and fans have been packing the PMAC to watch their meets. The Donaldsonville native says after building the gymnastics program into a national powerhouse, she can now spend more time with her four grandchildren.
“And I’ve always said that I want to retire with my health and I want to retire with honor and dignity and I want to retire when it is the right time and I just feel like it is the right time,” said Breaux.
Breaux is not completely leaving LSU as she’s been named an ambassador for LSU, so she plans to be involved in a lot of different community service projects.
“People want a piece of LSU to come and contribute to what their cause is and I’ll do that. I’ve already had different people call me and text me and ‘Hey, would you help me with this, would you do this?'” said Breaux.
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