Coach Gunter elected to LSU Athletic Hall of Fame

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BATON ROUGE – Two former LSU standouts and three former LSU coaches and administrators have been elected to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, the school has announced.

New inductees to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame are football defensive back James Britt, golfer Jenny Lidback, equipment manager Jeff Boss, head football coach and athletic director Paul Dietzel and head women’s basketball coach Sue Gunter.

The five newly elected honorees will be formally inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame next year on a date to be announced. Boss and Gunter will be inducted posthumously.

Sue Gunter was the head coach of the LSU women’s basketball team from 1982-2004 and became the winningest coach in Lady Tiger history with 442 victories. She led LSU to the 2004 Final Four, setting into motion a string of five straight Final Four appearances for the Lady Tigers. Also during her tenure as LSU head coach, the Lady Tigers won SEC Tournament titles in 1991 and 2003, captured the 1985 Women’s NIT title and appeared in the NCAA’s Elite Eight three times. She was the SEC Coach of the Year in 1997 and 1999 and the National Coach of the Year in 1983.

Gunter coached at Middle Tennessee State for two years and Stephen F. Austin for 16 seasons and then served two years as athletic director at SFA before joining LSU in 1982. A legend in women’s basketball circles, she is the third winningest coach in NCAA history with 708 wins. She is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. A 1962 graduate of Peabody College, Gunter died in 2005 at the age of 66.

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