Soileau packed a punch as a boxing champ, provided priceless life lessons as a coach

By News Staff on Monday, June 23, 2025
  • GEORGE “BOBBY” SOILEAU -- After making a name for himself as one of the most dominant boxers, which included claiming multiple high school championships and an individual NCAA title for LSU’s nationally-renowned program, the Ville Platte native became a championship-winning football coach at his alma mater -- Sacred Heart High School. (Photo courtesy of LSWA)
    GEORGE “BOBBY” SOILEAU -- After making a name for himself as one of the most dominant boxers, which included claiming multiple high school championships and an individual NCAA title for LSU’s nationally-renowned program, the Ville Platte native became a championship-winning football coach at his alma mater -- Sacred Heart High School. (Photo courtesy of LSWA)
    By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III Written for the LSWA George "Bobby" Soileau taught his son how to throw a punch. Every day after coaching and teaching students at Sacred Heart High School, Soileau would come home to his wife and three sons, put on his worn-out gloves, and show his youngest son, Robert, how to throw a jab. "He always loved to put the gloves on and box with me when I was little," son ...

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