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Former Football/Coach: Courville takes over as new Carencro head coachKevin Foote, The Advertiser, May 4, 2017
Some things never really go away.
For coach Tony Courville, that feeling of being around the Carencro High football program in the glory years of the 1990s certainly fits that bill.
Courville began his high school coaching career in 1989 with the Golden Bears and coached there through two trips to the Superdome Classic before accepting his first head coaching gig at Opelousas High in 1997.
After two more decades as assistant at Kaplan, Carencro and Teurlings Catholic since then, Courville couldn’t resist applying for the head coach opening with the Golden Bears after Rip Eveland’s retirement.
Even better, he got the job, returning to Carencro with hopes of reliving past successes.
"I’m very excited about this opportunity," the 57-year-old Courville said. "Unlike the last time (OHS in 1997), I’m walking into a great situation. You couldn’t ask for a better situation. Not only is it a program with a winning tradition, but one that’s really riding a wave right now."
Under Eveland, Carencro won the district title in 2014 and 2015, before reaching the state quarterfinals this past fall. Courville naturally knows a great deal about these Bears, coaching against Carencro as an assistant at Teurlings for the past nine seasons.
"I went back and reviewed my scouting reports on Carencro," Courville said. "They might lack a little depth on the offensive line, but there’s still speed all over the place."
Perhaps the biggest thing Courville knows is that the current coaching staff is more than qualified. Having coached several members of the current staff in Kevin Faulk, Stephen Barrett, Derrick Franchak and Joey Dwyer, he expects a smooth transition.
"Kevin was the hard-working player I ever coached and that has definitely transferred to his coaching career," Courville said. "I’ve been knowing him since he was 14."
Courville’s expertise has always been in special teams and on defense, but he said he hasn’t reached any conclusions on new coaching assignments or scheme changes, because Eveland will remain at Carencro and Courville at Comeaux High until the end of the school year.
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