21 Sports has learned that Ursuline High School has named its interim head football coach.

Tony Stephens, a longtime assistant football coach at LaBrae High School in Leavittsburg, has been announced by Ursuline High School in a message sent to parents of Ursuline students on Friday.

Stephens is being named the school’s interim football coach for the foreseeable future.

His hiring as interim coach comes after head football coach Dan Reardon was indefinitely suspended in September of 2025, and assistant coaches Timothy McGlynn and Christian Syrianoudis were placed on administrative leave following a federal lawsuit against the school and its football coaches over alleged hazing and sexual assault within the program.

Stephens is a 1984 graduate of Labrae High School, where he excelled in sports according to his school newsletter, including football, basketball and baseball, earning 10 varsity letters.

During his senior year, he earned all-league, all-county and all-state honors on the gridiron.

In 2022, Stephens was inducted into the LaBrae Hall of Fame.

Stephens attended Kent State University on a football scholarship, where he earned four varsity letters and one of KSU’s highest tackling records in school history.

After graduating with a degree in criminal justice, Stephens worked for the Ohio State Highway Patrol until his retirement five years ago and works as a special deputy with a private security firm. Stephens also worked as LaBrae in a supplemental athletic position for winter physical fitness until February of 2022.

Ursuline principal Matthew Sammartino shared his post late Friday afternoon announcing Stephens' hiring as interim football coach.