PCC names Glover A.D., football coach

• By ROBIN FAMBROUGH
• Advocate sportswriter
• Published: Jul 18, 2008 - UPDATED: 6:50 a.m.

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LaBarre-based Pointe Coupee Central opted for a more direct approach, hiring Brian Glover as head football coach and athletic director. The 30-year-old Glover has been the Cougars’ baseball coach for seven years and graduated from PCC in 1995.

“They basically called me and offered me the job,” Glover said. “I was told there were a couple of applicants, but that they wanted to keep things in house.

“I’ve worked with the football team ever since I’ve been here, and one of my goals was to be a head coach. So I accepted.”

The “they” Glover refers to is the education group Advance Baton Rouge, which now operates the Pointe Coupee Parish school. PCC is classified as a recovery school by the Louisiana Department of Education because of academic deficiencies, prompting the change in administration.

Glover said the Advance Baton Rouge staff has retained much of the coaching staff. Landry Williams, the head football coach last fall, decided not to return. Glover, a student at PCC when it opened in 1991, served as the school’s interim football coach and athletic director during part of the 2006-07 school year before Williams was hired.

A second baseman on the collegiate level at Prairie View through 2000, Glover played football and baseball at Pointe Coupee Central. He has handled several duties as a football assistant and was co-defensive coordinator last season.

To date, Glover reports that the Cougars have about 25 players attending offseason workouts led by defensive back prospect Byron Wilson. PCC finished 2-8 last season. Glover is PCC’s third coach in three years.

“There was improvement last year,” Glover said. “We were competitive in more games. There were several times when we played well for three quarters and things dropped off at the end of the game.

“This is really for the kids and community. I’d like to see the program and grow and improve. I’m from PCC and I’ve got a vested interest in this.”