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Coach Pete Boudreaux - Catholic High School, Baton Rouge, LA

Coach Pete Boudreaux Named National Coach of the Year | Coach Pete Boudreaux Named National Coach of the Year | more... Coach Pete Boudreaux Named National Coach of the Year | Coach Pete Boudreaux Named National Coach of the Year | more... Coach Pete Boudreaux Named National Coach of the Year 06/03/2010 Catholic High School Track Coach and Athletic Director Pete Boudreaux was selected as the 2010 Gill Athletics National High School Track and Field Coach of the Year. Boudreaux was selected by Gill Athletics, in conjunction with USA Track & Field, out of 158 applicants, as a regional finalist for the South Central Region. Out of the 12 finalists, one boys' coach and one girls' coach is selected as National Coach of the Year. This annual award is based on coaching record, honors and recognition and service to sport, school and community. Coach Boudreaux will be recognized at the Gill Athletics Coaches Social on June 26, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition to the award, Boudreaux will receive $5,000 in Gill Athletics Track & Field equipment, complimentary tickets to the Coaches Social and on-field recognition at the Gill Athletics National High School Track & Field Coach of the Year awards ceremony during the 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. "I feel very fortunate and humbled by this recognition for our school and the CHS track program. At the same time, I fully understand that this recognition is the result of many very special people; my wife and family, the Catholic High School family, the assistant coaches that have so loyally worked with us and, of course, the many, many athletes through the years who have bought into what we were doing and have helped make us the storied program that we are today. I have been very blessed to be surrounded by such loyal, giving and caring people," commented Coach Boudreax. Coach Boudreaux, a 1959 graduate of Catholic High, has coached at Catholic High for 43 years. He coaches track & field and cross country. His track and cross country teams have won 52 district championships and 33 state titles.

Gathered at the reception in the CHS Union were (l to r) CHS Athletic Director Pete Boudreaux '59, CHS President Brother Francis David, SC and Judge Frank Polozola '59.

Pete Boudreaux, boys' coach of Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, La, and James Holdren Jr., girls' coach of Maggie L. Walker Governor's School in Richmond, VA., will be recognized at the awards ceremony on Saturday, June 26 during the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, IA in front of a 14,000 Drake Stadium crowd. Out of 158 applications from throughout the country, Boudreaux and Holdren were selected as two of the 12 regional finalists for the Gill Athletics National High School Track & Field Coach of the Year Award. Based on the candidates' coaching record, honors and recognitions, and service to the sport and their communities, the USATF Coaches Advisory Committee named Boudreaux and Holdren the final winners. "I feel very fortunate and humbled by this recognition for our school and the CHS track program," responds Boudreaux. A list of the 2010 Regional Finalists and coaching highlights for Boudreaux and Holdren follow. Pete Boudreaux coaching highlights: Pete Boudreaux's track & field and cross country teams have won 33 state titles - 11 state outdoor track titles, 7 state indoor track titles, and 15 state cross-country titles. The track teams own the four highest scores ever recorded in a 5A Louisiana state meet while the cross country teams own the three lowest scores ever recorded in the state championship. In 1991, Boudreaux's school, Catholic High School, became the first school to ac-complish the feat of winning state titles in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track in the same year. The 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 teams repeated the feat to become the only school in Louisiana to ever accomplish the feat in back to back years. Boudreaux has been the Louisiana Coach of the year 14 times. He has also earned Athletic Director of the Year and National High School Regional Coach of the Year. Induction into the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame and LSU Track Officials Hall of Fame are prominent awards in Boudreaux's career. Boudreaux served as past president of the Louisiana High School Coaches Association and presently serves on the executive committee of the Louisiana High School Athletic Directors As¬sociation. He has served on several International coaching staffs and was named to the U.S Olympics Sports Festival coaching staff and was a staff member for the USA vs Great Britain in Edinburgh, Scotland (1993) as well as a staff member for the Junior World Cham¬pionships in Annecy, France in 1998.