La Porte High School announces change in head football coach

La Porte High School announces change in head football coach

LA PORTE, Ind. (Nov. 9, 2026) –  La Porte High School announced Monday that Austin Epple will not be moving forward as head football coach for the 2027 season. The personnel change was approved by the La Porte Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees at its meeting Monday evening.

“We appreciate Coach Epple’s commitment to our student-athletes and to La Porte High School, and we wish him well,” said Athletic Director Steve Santana. “We are moving in a different direction for the program, and our focus is on our players. We will begin the search for a new head coach in the coming weeks.”

Coach Epple notified student-athletes in the football program on Monday. La Porte High School expects to post the head football coach position soon and will share search updates as it moves forward.