Bio

Katherine Gendron

Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College (1979-1980) / Softball
Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Katherine Gendron was a pitcher and played third base on the Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College softball teams of 1979 and 1980 under Coach Doris Smith.  She also played basketball for Coach Sue Ross. She was named All-State in 1980. In 2016, Gendron was a physical education teacher at Ocean Springs High School, where she began working in 1985. She was assistant fast-pitch softball coach for one year, head girls basketball coach 1986-1999 and head boys and girls tennis coach in 1999, a position she still held in 2016. In tennis, her teams have won six 6A state championships in succession — 2010-2015. Her tennis teams have also won 16 district championships and 21 individual state championships. Gendron has been named Mississippi Association of Coaches Coach of the Year five times, and in 2012, she was named National Federation of State High School Associations Southern Section Coach of the Year.