‘Coach Frug’ recalled for 58 years of coaching, teaching
Marion Fruge holds a plaque he was presented at the Oct. 11, 2024 Eunice High School football game. The plaque noted him being named to the Eunice High Athletic Hall of Fame. (Photo by Rhett Manuel)
Coach Marion Fruge, known more commonly as “Coach Frug” to his athletes and students and “Poopsie” to his family, passed away May 30. He was 89 years old.
Fruge, a seminal coach in the history of both Eunice High and St Edmund athletics, lived a life dedicated to education and inspiring both students and athletes through Evangeline, Acadia and St. Landry Parish for nearly six decades. He was elec…
