Gerry Glasco has decided to accept Texas Tech's offer to become the next head softball coach for the Red Raiders.
Glasco's departure comes a week after the announcement of pitching coach Justin Robichaux leaving to become the head baseball coach at St. Thomas More.
Still left in the full-time staff are Shellie Landry and Hunter Veach. Both were hired by Glasco, but only Veach had previous ties to Glasco prior to coaching at UL.
Ironically, Landry was the interim head coach for the program when Michael Lotief was dismissed back in 2017.
Glasco's decision comes a month after Baylor eliminated the Ragin' Cajuns in the NCAA Lafayette regional finals. Rounding Third Softball reported is expected to be named as Texas Tech new softball coach Thursday.
Glasco just completed his seventh season at UL with a record of 302-88. UL was 45-19 this past season and 22-2 in Sun Belt play.
In 2023, Glasco led the Cajuns to the super regionals for the first time in his tenure. A year later, UL hosted a regional for the first time in his seven years, but fell one win short of returning to super regional play.
During his seven years, Glasco extended UL’s national-best Sun Belt series winning streak that reached 89 consecutive league series.
Texas Tech lost its head softball coach Craig Snider to Tennessee on June 9, shortly after former UL assistant coaches Chris and Kate Malveaux left Tennessee to become co-head coaches at Auburn.
Snider was the head coach at Texas Tech for the last two seasons.
Glasco takes over a program that went 60-43 in Snider's two seasons, including 29-21 this past spring.
The transfer portal closed earlier this week, but once a coach leaves, UL's players will now have a 30-day window to test the transfer portal.