Fran Flory

Fran Flory

Sport(s)	Women's College Volleyball
Playing career
1980-1983	University of Texas
Position(s)	Outside Hitter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986	Wittenberg
1987	Texas A&M (asst.)
1988–1991	LSU (asst.)
1992	Southeastern Louisiana
1993–1997	Kentucky
1998–present	LSU (indoor)
2014–present	LSU (beach)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
7 SEC Western Division Championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) 1 SEC Championship (2009)
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (2009) AVCA South Region Coach of the Year (2009) Louisiana Coach of the Year (2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010)

Fran Flory is the head coach of the Louisiana State University women's indoor and beach volleyball teams.^[1] She is the former head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Kentucky, Southeastern Louisiana University and Wittenberg University.^[2]

Flory is first in all-time SEC wins and all-time wins at LSU, ahead of her predecessor, Scott Luster, who won 308 games in 13 years. Her LSU teams have captured seven consecutive SEC Western Division champtionships (2005–2011) as well as the 2009 SEC championship.

Flory, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native, was an assistant for four years under Scott Luster at LSU. She served as a graduate assistant coach in 1988, before being named a full-time assistant in 1989. During her four seasons as a member of the Lady Tigers (now Tigers) coaching staff, Flory helped LSU to unprecedented success with three SEC championships, three SEC Tournament championships and two NCAA Final Four appearances.

In 1992, Flory left LSU to assume the head coaching duties at Southeastern Louisiana University. In her first season as a Division I head coach, she led the Lady Lions to a 21-13 record. In March 1993, Flory returned to the SEC as she became an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky. Five months later, she was named the head coach as then-UK coach Kathy DeBoer was named an Associate Athletic Director at the school.

In her first season at Kentucky, Flory led the Lady Kats to a 29-4 record, while advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For her efforts in the 1993 season, she was named the Tachikara/AVCA Region IV Coach of the Year. In five seasons at UK, Flory compiled a 78-80 record with the Lady Kats/Wildcats (the nickname changed in 1995).

Flory was also head coach at Wittenberg University, where she coached for one season (posting a record of 11-21) and an assistant at Texas A&M.

A member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Flory has also assisted in coordinating both the Louisiana Senior Olympic Games and the Special Olympics, and hosting the Senior Olympic Games in 2001. She is also a member of the United States Volleyball Association coaching accreditation program.

When LSU established a varsity beach volleyball program starting in the 2014 season (2013–14 school year), Flory also became head coach of that team. She remains coach of both LSU volleyball teams.

Playing career

A 1984 graduate of the University of Texas, Flory has also experienced much success as a player. In 1981, she was a member of Texas' AIAW National Championship squad. She received All-Southwest Conference and All-South Region honors during three seasons with the Longhorns.

Collegiate Head Coaching Record

Indoor

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wittenberg (North Coast Athletic Conference) (1986–1986)
1986	Wittenberg	11-21
Wittenberg:		11-21
Southeastern Louisiana (Southland Conference) (1992–1992)
1992	Southeastern Louisiana	21-13
Southeastern Louisiana:		21-13
Kentucky (Southeastern Conference) (1993–1997)
1993	Kentucky	29-4	12-2	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1994	Kentucky	13-21	8-6	3rd
1995	Kentucky	10-18	7-7	3rd (East)
1996	Kentucky	12-20	8-6	3rd (East)
1997	Kentucky	14-17	4-10	5th (East)
Kentucky:		78-80	39-31
LSU (Southeastern Conference) (1998–present)
1998	LSU	15-16	5-10	4th (West)
1999	LSU	17-15	7-8	3rd (West)
2000	LSU	15-17	6-9	3rd (West)
2001	LSU	16-11	10-5	2nd (West)
2002	LSU	17-11	9-7	2nd (West)
2003	LSU	11-19	6-10	3rd (West)
2004	LSU	17-12	8-8	3rd (West)
2005	LSU	21-8	11-5	T-1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2006	LSU	26-5	16-4	1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2007	LSU	25-8	15-5	1st (West)	NCAA 2nd Round
2008	LSU	18-10	13-7	1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2009	LSU	25-7	18-2	1st (West), SEC Champions	NCAA 2nd Round
2010	LSU	25-5	16-4	1st (West)	NCAA 1st Round
2011	LSU	19-11	12-8	1st (West)
2012	LSU	12-17	8-12	4th (West)
2012	LSU	12-17	8-12	4th (West)
2013	LSU	19-13	8-10	9th	NCAA 2nd Round
2014	LSU	20-9	14-4	3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
2015	LSU	9-20	5-13	12th
LSU:		327-215	187-130
Total:		437-319
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Beach

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
LSU (Independent) (2014–2015)
2014	LSU	6–10
2015	LSU	14–9
LSU (Coastal Collegiate Sports Association) (2016–present)
2016	LSU
LSU:		20–19
Total:		20–19
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. Schwehm, Andy (23 April 2010). "Volleyball has two Final Fours in 33 years". The Daily Reveille. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
2. http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=27818&SPID=2165&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174220&Q_SEASON=2013

External links

• LSU profile