:Cathy Compton

{{short description|American softball coach}}

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| current_title = Head coach

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| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|412|143|4|record=y}}

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As head coach:

• 3× Southland Conference regular season (1992, 1994, 1995)
• 2× SEC West Division

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| coach_years1 = 1987–1990

| coach_team1 = Eureka College

| coach_years2 = 1991–1995

| coach_team2 = Nicholls State

| coach_years3 = 1997–1998

| coach_team3 = LSU

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Cathy Compton is the former head softball coach at LSU, Nicholls State and Eureka College.{{cite web|url=http://www.lsunow.com/sports/small-sports-has-strong-history-through-years/article_0b5d767f-7011-5d8a-94c1-3e2e2e657a8b.html|title=Softball produces strong history in short time|publisher=The Daily Reveille|date=23 April 2010|access-date=2018-09-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.geauxcolonels.com/sports/2010/7/31/GEN_0731102146.aspx|title=Nicholls State University Athletics Hall of Fame|publisher=geauxcolonels.com|access-date=2018-09-16}} She had an overall record of 412–143–4 ({{winpct|412|143|4}}).{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/SB_Records/2003/softballCoachesRecords.pdf|title=All-Divisions Coaching Records|publisher=ncaa.org|date=|access-date=2018-09-16}}

Born in Binghamton, New York, Compton graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland, where she lettered in basketball and softball.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.lsu.edu/wsfb/compton.htm# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971025071534/http://sports.lsu.edu/wsfb/compton.htm |archive-date=1997-10-25 |url-status=dead }}