The St. Joseph School District announced on Tuesday that Paul Woolard will take over as the Activities Director at Lafayette High School next year.

Woolard has been the head football coach for the Fighting Irish for the last eight seasons.  He takes over for Tim Nassen, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

Woolard will step down as the head football coach, so Lafayette will begin searching for his replacement immediately.

Woolard took over the Irish program in 2007 after Lafayette had won just one game in the previous three seasons.

He finished with a record of 45-40 and 29-26 in the MEC.  Woolard won at least six games in each of his last five seasons, including four seven-win seasons.  LHS finished 7-4 in 2014.

Nassen took over as the AD at Lafayette at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.