Picard returns as Erath High head baseball coach

ERATH — Jeremy Picard has returned as the head baseball coach at Erath High School.
Erath Principal Marc Turner made the announcement this week that the school rehired Picard.
Turner said, “We are very proud to have Coach Picard return to EHS baseball. He has a good rapport with the players and is highly regarded statewide in the baseball arena.”
Picard will not teach, but will be considered an employee of the school system. He will be a CECP non-faculty head coach and will be paid by the school system the same as a first-year head baseball coach in Vermilion Parish.
Picard is no stranger to the Erath High baseball program. He has been part of the program since 2011. He was the assistant coach for five years and the head coach for four.
Two years ago, he stepped away from the program after putting Erath High on the LHSAA baseball map. As the head coach, his teams made the playoffs and reached the third round of the playoffs for the first time in the school’s history.
In his four years at EHS, he posted a record of 95-49. Erath averaged 23 wins and a playoff berth each year. His final year, the Bobcats posted a 27-7 overall record, including 11-1 in district. They reached the second round of the Class 3A playoffs for the fourth year in a row.
“After putting so much time and energy over my time at EHS as both and assistant coach and head coach and then stepping away for two years, it became evident that I needed to be back involved in the game and the Erath program is where my heart has been since I became part of the program in 2011,” Picard said. “Erath is an absolutely great place to be with great kids, administration, and tremendous fan support. It’s an opportunity I am grateful for and could not pass up. I look forward to competing again with the young men of Erath High soon.”
Since Picard left, Erath has had two different head coaches.