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
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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 |