Almost two months away from its first post-Katrina football season, Warren Easton High School has hired Mandeville offensive line coach and running-game coordinator Tony Hull as its football coach.

This is the first head coaching job for Hull, 26.

"I'm extremely happy to get a chance to do something that I love and run a program the way I see fit," he said.

Easton has not played a regular-season game since 2004, the year before Katrina hit the New Orleans area. The school resumed its athletic program during the 2006-2007 school term, but did not play football.

"My plans are first to raise and produce disciplined young men and to restore the winning tradition that this school had," Hull said. "We have a good turnout for the team, and the kids are willing to work hard."

Hull played at center and defensive tackle at Reed High School from 1995 to 1999 and offensive tackle and guard at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He was the offensive line coach and running-game coordinator at Reed High School for one season before spending the last two seasons at Mandeville.


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Pierce W. Huff