Coach-of-the-year candidates in high school

With two weeks left in the common season for high school soccer, it’s change into clear there’s a large and growing record of candidates for coach of the yr. They are thought-about based on exceeding expectations, profitable championships or serving to to engineer a program turnaround when no one noticed it coming.

Let’s review the great teaching performances so far this season:

• Ray Fenton, Los Alamitos: The man seems to be so match he may run around any stadium without breaking a sweat. Few anticipated the Griffins to be 8-0 at this level, let alone be in the working for a Southern Section Division 1 playoff berth. He’s molded a group of best buddies into believing in themselves no matter the opponent. San Clemente and Mission Viejo are the only groups standing in the way in which of a 10-0 common season.

• Terrance Whitehead, Crenshaw: When head coach Robert Garrett was positioned on administrative depart before the season started, the Crenshaw grad and longtime assistant took over. Garrett helped practice him, and Crenshaw is 7-1 going into a Coliseum League title decider against King/Drew on Friday. The Cougars have self-discipline, resiliency and are enjoying to make Garrett and his assistants proud.

  

  Crenshaw interim coach Terrance Whitehead talking with quarterback Danniel Flowers.

  (Robert H. Helfman)

• Brad Vonnahme, Crespi: Who predicted the Celts could be 8-0 and headed to the Del Rey League championship in Vonnahme’s third season of a large rebuilding job? He hasn’t introduced in transfers, fairly relying on gamers who start out as freshmen studying the sport and transfer up. There’s a group of sophomores being developed who might be superb in the approaching seasons.

• Jason Negro, St. John Bosco: The Braves have established themselves as the No. 1 group in California, if not the nation, while relying on an bettering sophomore quarterback and 4 receivers headed to faculty success. He is aware of championships are received with the help of the offensive and defensive traces, and those are the areas to watch as the playoffs method.

  

  St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro has his group ranked No. 1 in the nation.

  (Craig Weston)

• Jon Ellinghouse, Sierra Canyon: The Trailblazers are 8-0 and no one has come close to beating them. The season can be based on whether or not they can break through and disrupt the St. John Bosco-Mater Dei domination. Their protection is clearly the best in Southern California.
• Dylen Smith, Palisades: He misplaced his subject, misplaced his weight room and almost misplaced his group to the Palisades fire. And yet, the Dolphins have persevered and are 8-0 with gamers who stayed and a couple new ones who wished to expertise an journey with no guarantee of success.
• Chad Johnson, Mission Viejo: With the Diablos (7-1) having wins over Santa Margarita, Folsom and San Diego Lincoln, Johnson challenged his group with a troublesome nonleague schedule and they’ve met that problem. He positioned his trust in quarterback Luke Fahey, and don’t doubt how far this group can advance.
• Rick Clausen, Westlake: An assistant coach all his life, Clausen determined to settle for the top teaching place even though his spouse died of cancer. He’s in some way managed to stability parenting duties and teaching duties, serving to a Westlake group go from 0-10 last season to 8-0 this season in his rookie yr.
• Tony Henney, Dana Hills: Wherever Henney goes, he succeeds. He’s been head coach at Nordhoff, Trabuco Hills, St. Bonaventure and Westlake. He has Dana Hills at 8-0 going into a recreation on Friday against 8-0 Laguna Beach, whose own coach, John Shanahan, surrounded himself with an elite group of assistants, including former JSerra head coach Scott McKnight. The winner of the battle of the unbeatens may not be stopped the remaining of the way in which.

• Kevin Hettig, Corona del Mar: With his group 8-0 and robust video games forward, Hettig has quietly and competently ready the Sea Kings to keep targeted and keep bettering each week.

  

  Corona del Mar head coach Kevin Hettig, quarterback Brady Annett, and NMUSD superintendent Dr. Wesley Smith.

  (Don Leach/Staff Photographer)

• Jason Miller, Leuzinger: Who loses his only quarterback who can cross and still retains the group profitable? Miller and the Olympians (6-1) are on the verge of ending Inglewood’s reign as a league champion by utilizing 5-foot-8 Journee Tonga as his versatile offensive weapon and substitute quarterback.

• Mike Moon, Oxnard Pacifica: Moon is making an attempt to get his always underrated 8-0 group to run the desk in the Marmonte League. He’s helped develop junior quarterback Taylor Lee while managing rising expectations and profitable close video games.

  

  Mike Moon of Oxnard Pacifica has his group at 8-0.

  (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times)

• Raymond Carter, Torrance: The former All-City working back at Crenshaw has his group at 8-0, beating local group after local group led by junior quarterback Gibson Turner, who has 20 landing passes.
• Mark Carson, Rio Hondo Prep: Year after yr, Carson has Rio Hondo Prep prepared to succeed. This yr’s 8-0 start is no different. A problem forward can be enjoying in a harder playoff division.
• Darryl Goree, Palm Springs: An 8-0 start has the Indians being the discuss of city. Senior linebacker Koa Rapolla has been turned free and is averaging 13 tackles a recreation.
• Rick Curtis, Crean Lutheran: Curtis discovered how to best use one of the best athletes in the Southland, quarterback/level guard Caden Jones, and it has led to an 8-0 file.