BATON ROUGE — LSU head track and field coach Pat Henry led his men’s and women’s teams to an unprecedented sweep of the NCAA Indoor Championships last week in Fayetteville, Ark. This week he made history of his own, becoming the first coach to ever be named both the Men’s and Women’s National Coach of the Year by the United States Track Coaches Association.
In his 17th year at the helm of the LSU track and field program, Henry saw his Tigers claim the 2004 NCAA Indoor title scoring 44.5 points. The indoor crown marked the second in Tiger history as they last won during the 2001 season.
The Lady Tigers tallied 52 points to claim their third straight indoor national title and the 11th in program history.
The two NCAA crowns brings LSU’s national title count to 30, including an incredible 27 under the direction of Henry.
The Coach of the Year honors mark the sixth and seventh of Henry’s career. He was named both the Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2003, the Men’s Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2002, and the Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year in both 1993 and 1995.