Former LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux reports championship rings stolen

Former LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux reported that approximately 40 championship rings were stolen from her office, according to local news station WBRZ.

LSU police are investigating the matter. Breaux reported on Nov. 14 that a display case containing the rings was missing and that she had last seen it on Nov. 7. Each individual ring is estimated to be worth around $3,000.

“They could not have taken anything from that office that had more deep meaning than my ring box,” Breaux said. “It was all of the rings from SEC and NCAA individual champions. A career of championship memories.”

The rings that were stolen date back as far as the 1980s as Breaux began her career at LSU in 1978. Although the individual championship rings were taken, she said that she still has the team championship rings.

Breaux also told officers that the rings were the only things taken from the office despite the fact that she had coins on her desk as well.

LSU police do not have any suspects at the moment.

More on the career of D-D Breaux

Breaux, a native of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, attended Southeastern Louisiana University, where she competed for the Lady Lions gymnastics team for two seasons (1972-73) and helped SLU to a second-place finish at the 1972 AIAW Championships.

Breaux then served as an assistant coach for the Lady Lions for three seasons, where she also became a national-level judge and served as the first state director for the Louisiana USA gymnastics program. She later transferred to LSU in 1976, where she earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Breaux took over the LSU gymnastics program in 1978 and was the coach for 43 years before announcing her retirement in 2020. She has still remained active at the school and in the athletics department since in an ambassador role, however.

The longest-tenured LSU coach in any sport, Breaux directed the Tigers to 35 appearances in the NCAA Championships, including a third-place finish in 2014. She also won SEC Meet titles in 1981, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Additionally, Breuax coached 13 individual national titles at LSU. She was named the SEC Coach of the Year nine times and was selected National Gymnastics Coach of the Year in 2014.

Breaux was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Region 8 Hall of Fame in 2009 as well as the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.