Sean Marinan, who led the Xavier football team to five state championships between 2002-2016, has returned as head coach, the school said in a release.
Marinan, a 1980 graduate of Xavier, had been an assistant coach for the last seven years at Southern Connecticut State University.
Under Marinan, the Falcons won state titles in 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 and his teams won 121 games.
“I am very happy to be back at Xavier and working with the Xavier community in furthering the school’s mission,” Marinan said in a statement. “Hope we will win a few football games as well.”
Last year under coach Andy Guyon, Xavier finished 3-7. Guyon, who had been Marinan’s assistant coach for seven years, spent eight years as the head coach at Xavier and resigned after last season.