Tim Leger, who earned all-conference honors as a quarterback and helped McNeese to a 38-14 record during a four year career, is now in his first season as the school's quarterback coach.

He recruits the Acadiana area parishes.

Prior to joining the Cowboys, Leger had been the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at St. Thomas More High in Lafayette, helping that school to four state quarterfinal appearances as well as to six district titles.

More than 30 of the prep players he helped coach have gone on to collegiate careers.

The 33 year old coach also spent two seasons as a member of the McNeese coaching staff in the late 1990s, working with the tight ends as first a student coach and then as a graduate assistant coach.

During his playing career at McNeese, Leger completed 184 of 365 passes for 2,954 yards and 21 touchdowns. His top individual season was his all-conference year of 1996 when he completed 143 of 288 passes for 2,361 yards and 15 tds to lead the Southland Conference. That year he also averaged 230.5 yards per game total offense, the highest single game average in McNeese history.

He continues to also hold the school record for most plays in a single game, the 61 that he had against Northern Iowa in 1996. He also shares the school record of five touchdown passes in a single game, those coming against Stephen F. Austin.

Leger played on conference championship teams in 1995 and 1997, the 1997 team advancing all the way to the 1-AA national championship game.

He is a graduate of Acadiana High where he was a football and baseball standout and was a fourth round pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1992 baseball draft, spending three years in their organization as an outfielder.

The McNeese coach is married and he and his wife Ashley have a son, Gunner.