re: Christian Life Academy's head coach is fired

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Christian Life Academy football coach Warren Capone was intrigued when he saw the name of one of the applicants for CLA’s offensive coordinator job.

Soon, CLA hired Jason McClendon, the great-nephew of Capone’s coach at LSU, the legendary Charles McClendon.

“I didn’t know coach McClendon had a nephew who was in coaching,” Capone said. “But as soon as I met him I knew he was the guy we were looking for.

“His résumé showed that he was a successful coach and he’s the nephew of my coach. All that made it an easy choice.”

The 29-year-old McClendon plans to move to Baton Rouge from Shreveport in the next couple of weeks. He is currently working in the fitness training industry but was also a junior high coach at Loyola Prep. The former Louisiana College linebacker also spent one season as an assistant coach at Alexandria Senior High.

McClendon replaces Glenn Barras, who has been named CLA’s athletic director after helping CLA finish as the Class 1A runner-up last fall.

“Nobody is a bigger LSU football buff than me and I knew Warren Capone was an All-American linebacker at LSU. And I knew Christian Life went to the finals last year,” McClendon said. “I just sent him (Capone) an e-mail to see if Christian Life was looking to hire any coaches.

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