Coach Sean LeBeauf enters his first season as an PVAMU assistant basketball coach for the women’s program. Lebeauf officially joined the staff in August of 2018.
Prior to his stint at Prairie View LeBeauf was an assistant coach for the Arizona women’s basketball program.
While at Arizona (2013-16), LeBeauf coached one of the most prolific scorers in program history in Candice Warthen. Warthen became Arizona’s 18th 1,000-point scorer and finished her career placed at No. 16 on the program’s all-time scoring list. She also earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors, a Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention, and Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on Feb. 9, 2015.
Off the court, LeBeauf helped orchestrate the original “#Chillin4Charity” movement that swept the nation, challenging other programs around the country to dump buckets of ice water on their heads in an effort to raise awareness for cancer and raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
LeBeauf came to Arizona from Paris Junior College, where he served as the Director of Athletics and head coach of the women’s basketball team.
At Paris Junior College, LeBeauf led the Dragons to the single-season record for wins and a national ranking. He coached an NJCAA All-American nominee, four All-Region XIV selections, five honorable mention All-Conference selections and two Freshman of the Year nominees.
Before his four-year stint at PJC, LeBeauf served as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. from 2005 to 2009. While there, the men’s basketball team won a Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and the 2006 Historical Black Colleges and Universities National Championship.
Prior to Southern, LeBeauf coached at Destrehan High School (1998-88) and Archbishop Shaw High School (1999-2003). While at Archbishop Shaw, he helped lead the team to back-to-back state championship appearances. His squad won the state title while going 34-6 in 2000 and finished as 2001 runners-up with a 31-5 mark.
LeBeauf began his coaching career at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla., leading the girls’ basketball team to a city championship. While there, he also coached the Tulsa Rebels Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) boys’ team, leading them to a national AAU title in 1997 and a fourth-place finish in 1998.
LeBeauf’s success has earned him the Sallie Mae Award, recognizing the Elementary/Secondary First Teacher of the Year.
Through his men’s basketball coaching experience, LeBeauf has coached 23 players into the professional ranks.
LeBeauf’s playing career started at Hahnville High School in Boutte, La. He went on to play basketball for the nationally-ranked team at University of Montevallo, Ala., where he earned his Bachelor’s of business administration in accounting. He was a starter for a team that finished with three consecutive 20-win seasons.
