The Voice of Southwest Louisiana March 2018 Issue

SWLA sports
By Tori Hebert
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Position
LaGrange Head Coach Moving On
After nine seasons and four playoff wins, Jules
Sullen is walking away from the LaGrange High
School football team. Sullen’s announcement
was released in mid-February after he accepted
another head coach position with Scotlandville
Magnet High School in Baton Rouge.
“I had an opportunity to embark on a new adventure.
Scotlandville was able to provide that for me,” said Sullen.
“It’s not me really saying that I need to leave LaGrange,
it’s just an opportunity that has come through. Being in a
larger area and a larger city, I just wanted the opportunity
to bring my talents somewhere else.”
While head coach for the Gators, Sullen posted a 54-47
record and led the team to district titles in five seasons.
Four of the titles were back-to-back from 2011 – 2014.
“The toughest thing was standing in front
of my players and telling them that I will no
longer be their head football coach. It was
extremely tough and extremely emotional,”
said Sullen. “I was trying to provide to these
young men that sometimes in life you have to
do things that are for the betterment of you.
They were able to understand that and we
ended the session with a lot of tears, a lot of
hugs, a lot of smiles and a lot of pictures.”
Sullen is a LaGrange alumnus and a former football player.
He echoed the sentiment, “Once a Gator, you’re always a
Gator.”
Special thanks to KPLC for sports information.
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