Jacob Carruth, a Shreveport native who has been head coach for the past five seasons at two Class A south Louisiana high schools, is the new head football coach at St. Mary’s.

The school announced his hiring Thursday in a Facebook post. He replaces Kedrin Seastrunk, who was not retained last month despite leading the Tigers to a pair of playoff appearances and a first-round playoff upset win last fall.

Carruth was head coach for the past three seasons at Catholic High of Pointe Coupee, where his teams posted a combined 26-9 record. Last fall Catholic reached the quarterfinals in the Select Division IV playoffs after winning a district championship in 2024.

He previously was head coach at North Central High School for two seasons, and has four additional years as an assistant coach, according to the SMS announcement.

He took over a struggling North Central program and after a winless first season, and snapped a 40-game losing streak with a 3-7 mark in the second year, including an overtime loss to district foe Catholic-Pointe Coupee. He was hired at Class 2A Avoyelles as head coach, but spent only the spring of 2023 there before the Catholic job opened and he was hired there. He was also head track coach for the Hornets.

Carruth, 29, graduated from Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, attended Louisiana Tech and graduated from LSU Shreveport.

“My family is excited to begin this new chapter of our lives,” Carruth said in the announcement. “God opened the door for us to join the St. Mary’s family at the perfect time. We can’t wait to meet the Tiger community and get to work.”

The school announced a parents and players meeting with the new coach on Monday evening at 6 in the SMS gym.