by Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek School has announced a change in the leadership of the Cougars football program.
The school has parted ways with William Parkerson after two seasons as the head coach on the Cougar sideline and has promoted assistant head coach Jacob Angevine into the position.
The move comes exactly 23 months after the school announced the hiring of Parkerson on April 25, 2023, following the resignation of Matt Middleton. Angevine will be the fifth different head coach in eight seasons for the Cougars since Ben Haddox finished his tenure following the 2017 campaign.
The press release sent out by Cedar Creek School at 9 a.m. said, “We are thankful for Coach Parkerson’s time at the school and investment he has made in our football and track programs and in our student athletes. Cedar Creek wishes him he best in his future endeavors.”
Parkerson led the Cougars to a 5-6 record and the Select School Division IV playoffs in his first year before graduating a large number of seniors. This past season, a very young Cougars squad went 1-9 and failed to make the postseason.
The Lincoln Parish Journal reached out to Parkerson for comment, but he opted to decline at this time.
Angevine also serves as the head coach of the Cedar Creek powerlifting teams which are departing the school today heading to the state tournament, with the girls looking for their fourth straight state title and the boys looking for their second consecutive.
“I am excited for Jacob to be our new football coach,” said AD Gene Vandenlangenberg. “He coaches and leads with lots of energy and enthusiasm. He supports our students on and off the field. Jacob will be a great leader for our football program.”
Angevine has been a mainstay at the school for the last 10 years. After starting as a volunteer with the football program in 2015 during his undergraduate days at Louisiana Tech, he was hired full-time in 2018.
He said that the opportunity is one he couldn’t pass up.
“It’s a blessing,” said Angevine. “I have called this place home for 10 years. I couldn’t be more excited. A lot of these kids, I have watched all through pee wee and now some of them are going to be seniors. It’s just a bless
“When it was presented to me, I talked to my wife. I think she was more fired up then I was. I just couldn’t say yes fast enough. I am excited. I am blessed. It’s truly humbling to lead the program that I have called home for 10 years.”
