Alyson Habetz has hit the recruiting trail hard since being named as UL's next head softball coach two weeks ago Needless to say, it’s been a “whirlwind” of getting learning, recruiting and establishing her new system over the two weeks since was introduced as UL’s new softball coach. The first big step of putting together a new coaching staff has been officially completed with Shellie Landry, Lacy Prejean, Shelbi Sunseri and Karly Heath announced Friday. Habetz said the staff being 100% comprised of is more of a coincidence than any grand plan.
“It just kind of worked out that way,” she explained. “It wasn’t my design. I actually like have a male somewhere on staff.
“It just kind of happened this way, but it was more about people who I knew had the same values as me and who I trusted. It ended up being all female, so we’re going to run with it. I’m excited about it.
” In many ways, keeping Landry on the staff was a necessity, but it went far deeper than that for Habetz. “I don’t know if there’s a word to describe how important Shellie has been,” Habetz said. “She’s a rock.
She’s the glu. What Shellie has invested into this program is monumental. But for Shellie, I don’t know that this program is even still here the way that it is.
” When Michael Lotief was forced to leave in 2017, Landry served as the interim coach to keep things afloat and she did so again after Gerry Glasco quickly left in June. “She’s a hard worker,” Habetz ad.