2025 Football Week 14: Championship Game Coaches, At a Glance

This is perhaps the finest pair of Open Division and Division I championship game matchups  since the San Diego Section was formed in 1960. Mainly because of the four coaches leading their teams, veterans who have stood the test of time and turn out winners annually,  as their records attest in the table below.

Championship week for the Open and D-I, II, III, IV, and V divisions begins with the Open Tuesday evening, Nov. 25, at Southwestern College with Cathedral facing Carlsbad.

Lincoln and Granite Hills play for the D-I title Saturday, Nov. 29, at Southwestern. Other  championship games are Nov. 28.

Maranatha (12-1) defeated Blythe Palo Verde Valley (8-5), 24-12, for the V-AA title and St. Joseph (10-1) topped Borrego Springs (8-2), 68-13, in D-VI.

OPEN DIVISION/DIVISION I

*Includes coaches with at least 100 victories.

NAME SCHOOL SEASON W-L-T Pct. *SECTION ALL-TIME/WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES W-L
Sean Doyle

 

Cathedral 30th 247-117-0 .679 3rd 11-2
David Dunn Lincoln 14th 116-62-1 .651 39th 4-3
Thadd MacNeal Carlsbad 14th 114-52-0 .687 40th 0-3
Kellan Cobbs Granite Hills 14th 113-54-0 .681 41st 3-0

DIVISION II

NAME SCHOOL SEASON W-L-T Pct. *SECTION ALL TIME/WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES W-L
Jon Wallace Santa Fe Christian 12th 102-43 .703 51st 0-1
Scott Longerbone Steele Canyon 14th 80-78-1 .506 NA 1-0

DIVISION III

NAME SCHOOL SEASON W-L-T Pct. SECTION/ALLTIME WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES W-L
David Pena El Centro Central 9th 77-25-0 .755 NA 0-1
Patrick Bugg Christian 4th 25-21-0 .543 NA 0-0

DIVISION IV

NAME SCHOOL SEASON W-L-T Pct. SECTION ALL TIME/WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES W-L
Jose Mendoza Eastlake 6th 30-33-0 .455 NA 0-0
Bill Dunckel Valley Center 3rd* 18-12-0 .600 NA 0-0

DIVISION V

**Gray coached at Kearny, 2015-19; McNair coached at Crawford, 2001-06.

NAME SCHOOL SEASON W-L-T Pct. SECTION ALL-TIME/WINS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES W-L
Will Gray Hoover 11th** 61-58 .513 NA 0-1
Tracy McNair Morse 23rd** 117-129-3 .476 38th 1-0
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