Danny Broussard climbs to No. 7 on all-time winningest high school coaching list

Who would have thought a 1977 Meaux High School graduate is on track to become America’s winningest high school basketball coach?
St. Thomas More basketball coach Danny Broussard continues to climb the National Federation High School all-time list of high school winningest basketball coaches in America.
As 2022 came to a close, Broussard won his 1,097 high school basketball game. That put him at No. 7, surpassing Coach Bill Krueger, who coached in Texas. Krueger had 1,096 wins.
“It shows that I have been in coaching for 40 years,” said Broussard about the 1,097 wins. “It is the players who made it happen.”
Coach Broussard coached against Coach Krueger early in his career. STM competed in a tournament in Texas years back. One game was against Coach Krueger, so there is a remote connection between the two.
When this season began, Coach Broussard found Coach Krueger’s phone number and called him to let him know there was a chance he was going to overtake him on the all-time list.
“I wanted to touch base with him (Coach Krueger),” said Broussard. “He told me he retired early (at the age of 63) because his parents were ill. But, he said he would have loved to continue coaching.”
Coach Krueger congratulated Broussard during that phone call.
This brings up the one-million-dollar question Broussard is asked every season. How many more years will he coach?
His answer? As long as he can.
“I am still having fun and enjoying it,” said Broussard. “I do not have a timeline.”
By the end of the next basketball season, if STM wins 27 games like it has been averaging, Broussard will climb to the No. 6 all-time winningest coach. He would overtake coach Ralph Tasker from New Mexico, who has 1,122 wins.
Peabody High School Coach Charles Smith, who is still active, is at No. 5 on the all-time list. Smith has 1,134 wins at the age of 73 years old.
Broussard coached against No. 1 Robert Hughes of Fort Worth, Texas with 1,333 wins (and lost) in the 1990s, but also defeated No. 6 Bill Krueger of League City, Texas, who is currently No. 6 with 1,096 wins.

OK, so let us do some math.

Over the last 41 years, Broussard has averaged 27 wins a year. He is 63 years old. If Broussard’s health remains intact, he could coach for another 10 years. St. Thomas More could win at least 20 games a year over the next 10 years, giving him an extra 200 wins to go along with his 1,097 wins today.
That would give him 1,297 wins and put him at No. 2 on the all-time list.
The high school coach with the most wins is Robert Hughes from Texas, with 1,333 wins. Broussard could overtake him two different ways.
STM would have to win 27 games over the next nine years, giving Broussard 1,340 wins or 24 wins over the next 10 years for a total of 1,337 wins.
But catching Coach Hughes is not a priority to Broussard.
“I am not going to stay in coaching to set records,” said Broussard.
In 40 years at STM, his teams have won six state titles and three runner-up trophies.