Southern University

Coach Barry Doyle is entering his fourth season as the head coach of the Southern University Bowling team.

He guided the bowling team to back-to-back SWAC Regular Season Championships, as they claimed the 2024 SWAC Regular Season Championship. 

In Coach Doyle third season he was named SWAC Coach of the Year after securing the SWAC Regular Championship. During the 2022-2023 season Coach Doyle reached his 100th win in his career at Southern. 

Coach Doyle took the Lady Jaguars back to the SWAC Championship match for the first time since 2011 in his second year where they finished as the SWAC runner-up. He guided Southern to a 53-49 and a top-five finish in six of the eight tournaments. His first recruiting class had four signees from four different states. Out of those four signees, two earned first team All-SWAC and Freshman of the Year honors for their performances in the SWAC roundups.

During his first year at the helm, Coach Doyle was able to lead the Lady Jaguars to a third place finish in the SWAC Championships.

Prior to taking over the bowling program, Doyle served as the assistant for the 2019-2020 season.

During his 30+ years of bowling, Doyle has competed in numerous tournaments throughout the country winning multiple singles, doubles, and team tittles. He also competed in numerous PBA regionals in the southeast region.

One of Coach Doyle's most memorable tournament wins came in 2005 where he won the 40 Frame Game hosted during the USBC Open Championships held in Baton Rouge.

Doyle has over 10 perfect 300 games and numerous 800 series, with his high series being 854.

Coach Doyle, is a Baton Rouge native and is a Southern University Laboratory School graduate where he played basketball for the 1987 State Championship team. He graduated from Southern University with a B.S in mathematics.

He has three daughters -- Chantia, Allana and Allison.