2015: John Kovac, Started Mesa College Football Program
John Kovac, the first head football coach at Mesa College and coach of Coronado’s 1955-56 Southern California basketball championship team, passed away at age 89. Services for Kovac, who moved from San Diego to Palm Springs in October, will be Jan. 20 at St. Brigit’s Parish, Pacific Beach, on Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. Kovac opened the Mesa program […]
Read More2015: Carberry Makes 40, 100-Game Winners
An error in compilation of our list of coaches with at least 100 career victories omitted a 40th member of that club. Monte Vista’s Ed Carberry posted a 100-59-3 record in 14 seasons, with a .626 winning percentage. Carberry became the Monarchs’ coach in 1989 and was 72-51-2 through 1999. Page Culver coached the Spring Valley team in […]
Read More2015: Rory Trup, Section 880 Champ in 1970
Rory Trup, the San Diego Section 880-yard run champion in 1970 at Mission Bay, passed away. Trup, 62, of Encinitas ran 1:55.3 to win the Section title at Balboa Stadium and was timed in 1:55.1 in the State trials at Edwards Stadium on the University of California campus in Berkeley. Trup finished third in the 1971 […]
Read More2014-15: Knights Hope to Turn Over New Leaf
Foothills Christian is No. 1 in the UT-San Diego poll, but the Knights got there wondering what if. Foothills is 8-6 and has a “woulda-coulda” lament. The Knights forfeited two early, blowout victories because of the ubiquitous and Dreaded Administrative Glitch involving player eligibility and they’ve dropped two of their last three following the loss of their star. […]
Read More1997: Gender Doesn’t Matter
Jason Bott of the Union-Tribune said it best: “Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman.” Her name is Andy Wharton and she hammered a 29-yard field goal with nine seconds left in the game to give West Hills a 31-28 victory over Serra. “I thought the play was stopped,” said Wharton, “but […]
Read More2014: Hamamoto (200), Jackson (100) Hit Milestones
Like mile markers on the interstate, coaching victories progress at their own pace and gradually add up. Monte Vista’s Ron Hamamoto became the eighth to win 200 games this season and Madison’s Rick Jackson was the 39th to reach 100. Hamamoto (201-127-4), a 30-year veteran of San Diego high school wars, was at University (Cathedral), Rancho Bernardo, and Lincoln before […]
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