Joe Heintz named new football coach at North Vermilion High School

Joe Heintz has been named the new head football coach at North Vermilion High School.
On Thursday afternoon, North Vermilion High Principal Denise Lotief recommending the hiring of Heintz as the head coach.
“All of our top candidates had different strengths and backgrounds,” said Lotief. “The six members of the interview committee were able to discuss plans for both football logistics and strengthening our program. Ultimately, we made a decision to select the Coach with the highest interview score.
Heintz replaces Brett Blakey, who informed his principal last month that he will not return to NorthVermilion next year.
Blakey accepted a teaching and assistant football coaching job at Vermilion Catholic High School in Abbeville.
This will be Heintz’s second head football coaching job.
Last year he was the head coach at Pine Prairie High School and posted an 0-10 season.
Before going to Pine Prairie, he was an assistant football coach at Teurlings High School for 20-plus years.
Lotief selected Heintz out of six other applicants. All six were interviewed for the job.
Here are the five others who applied: James Dartez, the head football coach at Bolton High School in Alexandria, and Justin Jackson, an assistant coach at Bolton High School. The other two coaches are Dustin Nothnagel, an assistant coach at Newman High in New Orleans, and Taylor Latiolais, an assistant coach at Opelousas High School.
Heintz will not be able to arrive at North Vermilion until the end of the school year.