MANY, La. (KALB) - KALB Sports’ 2025 Inside The Huddle team preview kicks off with a team familiar with reaching the top.

“Coming back to Many, it just feels like home,” Many head coach Tyler Hassell said. “This is a special place. This town loves its football, loves Friday Night Lights.”

After two seasons away, Hassell returned to the school where he won multiple State Championships as a defensive coordinator.

“It’s night and day difference whenever Coach Hassell came in,” senior offensive lineman Lane Green said. “It was like an answered prayer. He knows what it takes to win. He’s won before.”

The Tigers did not do much winning in 2024. Just two years removed from a State Championship, the team went 0-10, losing by an average of 36 points per contest.

“We don’t want to compare ours

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