Vermilion Catholic announces Anne-Catherine Gallet Mathews is new girls basketball coach

Vermilion Catholic has announced that 24-year-old Anne-Catherine Gallet Mathews will be the new head coach of the girls’ basketball team.
Mathews played for Kim Guidry from 2015 to 2019.
Before accepting the position, Mathews has been coaching at Acadiana Renaissance  Charter Academy in Youngsville for the last two years. She was the girl’s assistant basketball coach and the head tennis coach.  
Mathews is the daughter of VC assistant coach and former player Angela Dubois Gallet.  Gallet and Hollie Nelms Trahan will remain as the assistant coaches.
When Mathews got into coaching, it was a dream to return to Vermilion Catholic and take over the basketball program.  But that dream of going back was down the line and not this soon.
That changed when Coach Kim Guidry called her and asked if she would be interested in taking over the program. 
“It never dawned on me that it would happen when I was this young,” said Mathews. 
After getting off the phone with Coach Kim, the first person she told was her mom.
Mathews was uncertain about taking over the program because she had recently given birth to twins. She worried about balancing her family responsibilities with her duties as head basketball coach.
After discussing it with her husband and parents, she accepted the position.
Mathews said she is not worried about filling Guidry’s shoes.
“I am not worried because Gidge has taught me well,” said Mathews.  “My goal is to continue her legacy and create my own while keeping the Lady Eagle program the same.”
Coach Guidry said, “Hiring her is great for the program.  I could not be more excited. She was my first choice. I am excited she will keep the program going.”
Guidry has been the head coach at VC for 39 years. 
From 1985-2025, Guidry won 936 games, made nine Sweet 16 appearances, finished state runner-up twice, and won two state championships.