Vermilion Catholic head football coach Broc Prejean has resigned from his position, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.
A 2006 graduate of the school, Prejean took over the program at his alma mater in 2020 and compiled a 60-14 record over six seasons (2020–2025). His tenure was highlighted by Vermilion Catholic’s Division IV Select State Championship in 2024, when the Eagles went 14-0 and defeated Ouachita Christian 33-21 to capture their first title since 2013. That season also earned Prejean multiple Coach of the Year honors.
The Eagles secured the No. 1 seed in the playoffs in multiple seasons beginning in 2022, consistently finishing among the state’s top programs, with the 2024 championship marking the pinnacle.
In what became his final season in 2025, Vermilion Catholic started 1-4 and finished 4-7, closing the year with a 28-13 loss to Kentwood.
While uncertain about his next step in coaching, Prejean said he is “just blessed to have had an awesome six-year run.” He will remain at Vermilion Catholic through the end of the school year and will continue serving as the school’s boys golf coach.
Below is a copy of the email that Coach Prejean sent to the Vermillion Catholic Community.
To the Vermilion Catholic Community,
I have been honored to live out a dream of mine in serving this community over the past 6 years as a coach, as a teacher, and as an alumnus of a school that has been and will continue to be home for me. My parents blessed me with the opportunity to walk the hallways of Vermilion Catholic and it is something I have never taken for granted. The opportunity to be able to give back to its traditions has been an incredibly rewarding period of my life. This place is a special place, and what it means to me on a personal level is something that words would fail to explain.
After considerable prayer and discernment, I have made the decision that I will not be returning to Vermilion Catholic for the 2026-2027 school year and it is a decision that I am equally as prayerful that people will understand and support.
I am so incredibly grateful that I was afforded this chance to continue to grow professionally, personally, and spiritually in this community. I am grateful for the tireless support we have received from our administration, our faculty, our community, our supporters, our fans, our families, but most especially from our players and our coaches who have lived it, breathed it, and walked the journey with us.
I try to remind our players as often as I can that this entire life we live is about the relationships that you are blessed to have come into your life and there are so many that I have been rewarded with in my time here at Vermilion Catholic, and rest assured that has never been lost on me. I acknowledge that this decision will come with some ‘why’s’ and I can fully appreciate that question.
My answer to those ‘whys’ is that I want to focus on those relationships that I talk so passionately to our players about. If you asked me at 35 what my number one priority was in my life, I likely would have responded with winning a state championship but if you asked me today, what I can tell is that I am far more proud of the answers I would give you… family, and family, and family. So to answer the question of ‘why’, I would tell you that it is because of my own personal ‘why’, which is my family – my beautiful wife, my stepson, my nieces, my parents, my brother, my sister in law. I want to find more opportunities to be fully present with them the way I have been for 20 years on the athletic fields. I want them to get the best version of me that they can, day in and day out. That is why I have made this decision, solely and completely.
I look forward to having those conversations that are coming with so many people who I respect and have been a part of this journey but I felt it was important to communicate this initial message of gratitude and appreciation.
Vermilion Catholic truly is a home to me and that will not change moving forward in life. This community has rewarded me with the greatest blessings and opportunities I have ever received and it has helped me grow tremendously as a person, and as a man. I am forever grateful and forever an Eagle.
