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This concurrent resolution commends Danny Broussard for his extraordinary career as a high school basketball coach at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, highlighting his remarkable achievements over forty-two seasons. Broussard has built one of the nation's most respected high school basketball programs, amassing 1,162 wins with a .766 winning percentage, averaging 27.7 wins per season, and ranking seventh all-time among U.S. high school basketball coaches in career wins. His teams have achieved thirty-four consecutive playoff appearances, twenty-six district championships, and six state championships in basketball (in 1986, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021), while also winning thirteen tennis titles and one baseball title. Broussard has been recognized multiple times as Coach of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and the district level, and was inducted into the Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2018. The resolution also notes his broader impact, with fifty-seven former players becoming coaches, and celebrates his upcoming induction into the 2025 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, recognizing his significant contributions to Louisiana high school sports.

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