NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana announced Wednesday the hiring of Gonzalo Carranza as men's soccer head coach.
        Carranza coached the men of Eastern Oklahoma State College in 2022 to a 12-6-3 record, a district championship, a berth at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I nationals and a No. 19 national ranking.
        The debut season of XULA men's soccer will be 2023. The Gold Rush will compete for honors in the Red River Athletic Conference and the NAIA. XULA will offer the city's first intercollegiate varsity men's program since the University of New Orleans in 1985. It will be the only men's varsity program at a four-year school in the southern part of the state.