South Side names Covington assistant Lester Narcisse as new football coach
South Side will look to former Covington assistant coach Lester Narcisse to guide the Hawks football program. Narcisse takes over for Tyler Reeder, who resigned earlier this month after seven seasons at South Side.
Narcisse served as Covington's running back and linebackers coach for three seasons and helped guide the Chargers to a 11-3 record that included a Class 3A state semifinal appearance last fall. Covington reached the state quarterfinals in 2021.
“Coach Narcisse is a winner, and he knows what it takes to develop a program," Jackson-Madison County Schools deputy superintendent Ricky Catlett said. "He’s a defensive coach who has the traditional South Side mindset in terms of offense. He’ll coach character and toughness."
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Narcisse has lived in west Tennessee since his time as a student at Lambuth University. He was an assistant coach at Munford in 2009 and served as defensive coordinator at Kirby from 2010-17.
"We’ve scrimmaged South Side many times over the last couple of years," Narcisse said. "I know the foundation is here. I can’t wait to mentor these young men and prepare them to reach the expectations of our coaching staff and the community."
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Reeder's Hawks struggled through a 3-8 season in 2022 and lost to Pearl-Cohn in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs. South Side finished 31-36 during Reeder's six full seasons and 1-7 during his interim campaign in 2016. He was 3-3 against rival North Side from 2017-22 and guided the Hawks to six straight playoff appearances.
This fall both South Side and North Side will compete in Region 6-4A.
“The blueprint for building a winning culture is here," Narcisse said. "With buy-in from the players and the South Jackson and Denmark communities, the sky's the limit for what can be accomplished."
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This article originally appeared on Jackson Sun: TSSAA football: Lester Narcisse named South Side football coach
