NEW ORLEANS — Southeastern Louisiana University head softball coach Rick Fremin was announced as one of four finalists for the 2025-26 Louisiana Collegiate Coach of the Year, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Monday.
The Louisiana Collegiate Coach of the Year has been presented since 1961 and spans all sports. Fremin is part of a quartet of finalists that includes LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark, Tulane football coach Jon Sumrall and LSU Eunice baseball coach Jeff Willis.
Fremin was named the Southland Conference Coach of the Year after leading SLU to its first-ever SLC regular season title. The Lions finished 46-14 overall and 24-3 in league play, earning the league’s first at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2003. Under Fremin’s direction, Southeastern is one of eight Division I softball programs to top 40 or more wins in each of the past five seasons…