Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head coach Billy Napier was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, it was announced on Wednesday. The Cajuns are set to face Appalachian State on Saturday in the Sun Belt Conference Championship game, looking to avenge the 17-7 loss to the Mountaineers in Lafayette, La. on Oct. 9.

For the second-straight season, Louisiana will travel to Boone, N.C., to face Appalachian State in the 2019 Sun Belt Championship Game. Kickoff from Kidd Brewer Stadium is slated for 11 a.m. and will be nationally televised on ESPN.

Napier is the third Louisiana coach to earn the distinction and the first since 1993 when Nelson Stokley was named the Big West Conference's top coach. Napier is the first Ragin' Cajuns coach to win the award in the Sun Belt era.

Napier has led Louisiana to unprecedented heights during the 2019 season, guiding the Ragin' Cajuns to their first, 10-win season in program history and a second-straight trip to the Sun Belt Championship Game after clinching the league's West Division title with a 53-3 victory over Troy on Nov. 23.

Along the way, the team has broken numerous school records on top of its win total, including the most points in a season (466) and the most total offense in a single season (6,004), while coaching the team to top-15 national rankings in total offense (500.3), rushing offense (274.2), scoring offense (38.8) and scoring defense (17.8).

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