Marion Fruge had a 58-year impact on students, athletes

By Rhett Manuel / Sports Editor on Friday, October 11, 2024
Eunice High School Athletic Hall of Fame
Coach Marion Fruge is shown in this photo from his time at Eunice High School. In 1989, he led the football and track programs, including district and state title challenges in football and track. (Submitted photo)
Coach Marion Fruge is shown in this photo from his time at Eunice High School. In 1989, he led the football and track programs, including district and state title challenges in football and track. (Submitted photo)

Impact can be measured in many ways. For Eunice High Athletic Hall of Fame coach Marion Fruge, known to athletes as “Coach Frug” or his family as “Poppsie,” it was a life dedicated to education and inspiring both students and athletes through Evangeline, Acadia and St. Landry parishes for nearly six decades. Now retired, Fruge is married to the former Sally Ann Bidstrup and raised three sons and t…