Press conference set for Wednesday afternoon

LAFAYETTE, LA - Three games into its inaugural SPHL season, the Louisiana IceGators are already making changes. Big changes.

Tuesday morning, the team announced via its website that Head Coach Ron Handy had resigned to take a more active role in the development of the
Ron Handy (photo courtesy of Louisiana IceGators).
franchise. Team President and General Manager Brent Sapergia will take over the reigns behind the bench, replacing Handy on at least an interim basis.

“I resigned as head coach to help out the club further in the offices with corporate sales and community relations,” Handy said in a phone interview from the team’s offices. “I’ve got a vested interest in this team and I just think that at this time I’m better off in the community in which I’ve lived for 15 years and making sure that everything goes smoothly in game day operations and that corporate sponsors are taken care of.”

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