St. Aug names alum to lead athletics

St. Augustine High School has named Barret L. Rey, Class of 1992, its athletic and activities director.

Rey assumes the leadership of an athletic program that dates back to the school’s opening in 1951.

St. Augustine currently fields 17 boys’ teams across nine sports along with 19 activities, including the Marching 100 band.

Rey was scheduled to begin his tenure as athletic and activities director on Feb. 16, succeeding Marcus DeLarge, who stepped down to pursue other endeavors.

A 1997 graduate of the Southern University A&M College with a bachelor of science in psychology, Rey earned a master of science in therapeutic recreation in 2003 from Southern University. He began his career as the assistant baseball coach at Southern, later serving as head baseball coach at Grambling State University. He then served as the head baseball coach at Alcorn State University and recently as head baseball coach and teacher at Morgan City High School.

A baseball letterman at St. Augustine, Rey went on to star at Southern, where he was named pitcher on the All-SWAC Team in 1994 and 1996.