Arrow Athletics

Coach Randall Hogan has served the Lavaca School District in a variety of roles during the past 23 years. He has been an ALE Director/Teacher, Bus Driver, Administrative Assistant/PE Teacher, and became the LMS Principal in 2022. He also taught one year at Darby Jr High School in Ft. Smith.

Coach Hogan is a 1976 graduate of Lavaca High School.  He continued his education by attending University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas where he earned his BS degree in Physical Education in 1984, and proceeded to earn two Master's Degrees. He earned a Masters in Divinity in 1990 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Harding University in 2022.

He is Married to Lisa Sexton Hogan, a graduate of Lavaca High School and University of Arkansas Ft. Smith. He has two sons, three grandchildren, and another grandchild is on the way.  

Coach Melissa Irby joined the Lavaca Arrow coaching staff in 2021 when she became the assistant girls basketball coach and assistant softball coach. Before taking on this role, Coach Irby had been part of the Arrow family as a substitute teacher, paraprofessional aide, and then as a special education teacher (starting in 2018).

Coach Irby graduated from the University of the Ozarks in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 2018 with a Master of Arts in Teaching, and in 2019 with a Master’s degree in Special Education. 

Coach Irby has two children who have both attended Lavaca Public schools since kindergarten. Coach Irby and her family are proud to be Lavaca Golden Arrows!! 

Coach Randall Hogan has served the Lavaca School District in a variety of roles during the past 23 years. He has been an ALE Director/Teacher, Bus Driver, Administrative Assistant/PE Teacher, and became the LMS Principal in 2022. He also taught one year at Darby Jr High School in Ft. Smith.

Coach Hogan is a 1976 graduate of Lavaca High School.  He continued his education by attending University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas where he earned his BS degree in Physical Education in 1984, and proceeded to earn two Master's Degrees. He earned a Masters in Divinity in 1990 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Harding University in 2022.

He is Married to Lisa Sexton Hogan, a graduate of Lavaca High School and University of Arkansas Ft. Smith. He has two sons, three grandchildren, and another grandchild is on the way.  

Coach Melissa Irby joined the Lavaca Arrow coaching staff in 2021 when she became the assistant girls basketball coach and assistant softball coach. Before taking on this role, Coach Irby had been part of the Arrow family as a substitute teacher, paraprofessional aide, and then as a special education teacher (starting in 2018).

Coach Irby graduated from the University of the Ozarks in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She graduated from Arkansas Tech University in 2018 with a Master of Arts in Teaching, and in 2019 with a Master’s degree in Special Education. 

Coach Irby has two children who have both attended Lavaca Public schools since kindergarten. Coach Irby and her family are proud to be Lavaca Golden Arrows!!