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Cal High football coaching update
By Kyle Bonagura
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm in Uncategorized.
I keep getting asked who the new coach at Cal High is going to be so I thought I’d throw out an update …
The school has received at least 10 applications and plans to start interviewing candidates next week. Applications have come in from as far as the East Coast and they will continue to accept applications until a new coach has been hired.
Three confirmed applicants:
–Bill Hoefs, The Cal High freshman coach who was the head coach at Washington for two years before being replaced by current coach Ken Wittmer.
–Sean Manuel, Varsity assistant coach. Played with former coach Tony Sanchez at New Mexico State and was drafted by the 49ers as a tight end in 1996.
–Aaron Becker, San Ramon Valley JV coach. PE teacher at SRV, played at SRV then Chabot and LaVerne.
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April 14th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Aaron Becker is also the son of former longtime Tennyson coach Lee Becker for what it’s worth.
April 14th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Heard that Dublin Coach Casey Moreno has applied, and two coaches from the valley
Renny
April 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Sean Manuel seams like a nice pick. I remember when Nino Manuel played at Laney and both Manuel brothers would come to watch practice and give instruction
April 15th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Sean Manuel is goin to be coaching one of the teams in the Alameda-Contra Costa Classic All Star Football Game on July 16th.
http://www.highschoolballistics.com
April 15th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Manuel currently works at Cal as the weight room coach.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Yea, that Alameda-Contra Costa Classic should be a good game. I was checking out the rosters last month and it could be a good game. Not sure how all those rule adjustments will affect the game, though.
April 15th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
How good of a job is Cal High?
No money, cruddy stadium, old field.
One league title in their 36-year history of football, and that was Before De La Salle joined the league.
Really, how good of a job is it, compared to the other top programs in the bay area?
Upper 1/3 of the jobs at best.
Wynn
April 15th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Yeah,
The rule changes may indeed change the game.
April 15th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Wynn,
I agree especially with the financial situation they’re going through. I heard that Longero from Las Lomas & Wade from Miramonte both have expressed interest or have put in for the job. So there must be something good going on there.
April 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Cal is broooooooooke, and more massive budget cuts coming with no end in site.
They are hoping for a big parcel tax to pass, if it does, it will help close the gap, but if it does not, Cal is in big, big,biiiiiiiiiiiiiggg, trouble financially.
It will be a young head coach needing to cut his teeth, and not a proven head coach Cal will hire. There are too many reasons for a quality coach to shy away after looking deeper at it and not take that job.
Wynn
April 15th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
No names have even been released yet by CHS other than the three coaches listed in the storyline.
If CHS is going the right way, it will move quickly and pick a coach who is a proven builder of programs.
killerD
April 15th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Hoefs, Manuel, Moreno, Longero and Wade are all solid choices. Sounds like Cal will get somebody good out of this. They had good teams this year at all 3 levels, so the new coach will have some players too. Sure, DLS is in the league, but that’s no reason not to coach in the EBAL. Old field? It sure looks like a nice field to me, but I don’t know how long its been there. It certainly shouldn’t be a drawback.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Actually no names have been released by Cal High.
I’ve talked with people who know those three personally.
As for the field, it’s in great shape … probably only 5 years old.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:40 am
KillerD step off. I know a couple of coaches that were at the Cal Clinic & Cal High was talked about a lot in the inner circles especially with Coach Sanchez being a speaker.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:26 am
And what makes you think Longero would leave a great program for a mediocre one?
Step away from the bong.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Cal has beat Los Lomas two years in a row,so Cal is obviously the better program,and with the kids comming back ,they should be a lot better than last year.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:56 am
How can you call Cal a mediocre program? Did you see the result last year when Cal actually played against Lomas? Pretty one sided in favor of Cal!
April 16th, 2009 at 9:56 am
If Cal and the rest of those guys cant get that Parcel Tax passed then it would be a shame.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Jimmy,
Lets see that list for the Alameda County Allstar roster. You know I am alumni of that game and my Alameda County team cruised by the Contra Costa team in 1997. The OAL and Encinal should keep the game nice.
Also,
I would like to see a poll between the writers as to who they have winning the game and why.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Rank the EBAL best coaching spots:
1. DLS
2. SRV
3. MV
4. FHS
5. CHS
6. AVHS
7. Gran
8. Liv
Financially, the only thing changes is Amador jumps up ahead of CHS
April 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Is that another shot at me? Xs And O first things first I smoke swishers alright you hippie. Bong? What the hell?
Secondly, I not gonna get in a debate over this I’m just putting some info out there that I thinks bout 90% true. Just to clown you hippie I heard that he wants a PE job with the Football job but they can’t offer one. If you think I’m B.S. call Cal Hi. All & all I don’t really care.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
X’s and O’s Your a hippie? Ha ha ha ha. lol. lol. The bong? ha ha.
April 16th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Cal high can get a very respectable coach to take the job, putting them in order might be like this.
Moreno, Dublin
Longero, Las Lomas
Wade, Miramonte
Manuel, Cal
Ron Thompson, Granada
Hoefs, Cal
Becker, San Ramon
April 16th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
WELL, WELL, WELL,
The old KillerD. He has decided to speak once again. How did you get the nickname killerD? Who did you D up before? Just curious. Would you care to test that Killer D out at say I dont know…A contact camp
April 16th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I hear Cal Hi is about 1 year from beating a good DLS team in football. I was at the same camp as Roeper. Cal Hi seems to be on a lot of people’s minds. Only problem is the community may not support Cal Hi. The administration definitley dont support and Im talking the way ups–superintendent, school board, etc… What a joke!
April 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
How long has it been since de la salle has lost a game to a norcal team? 1993, is that right?
Cal being a year away from beating a good de la salle team has been the battle cry for hundreds of teams for more than 15 years up here.
The reason Cal beat Las Lomas is that Cal is supposed to beat Las Lomas, Cal is a much bigger school.
Is the Cal job a teaching and coachng job or not?
That will make a big difference on who Cal hires?
For the guy ranking the coaches who have applied up top, I would not put Moreno ahead of everybody else, I would put Moreno below Wade, but ahead of the others. No disrespect intended for Moreno, but what has Dublin done?
VC
April 16th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Cal High’s JV team did beat the DLS JV team last year, but that doesn’t always tranfer to future years. I know Cal and DLS both have a lot of good varsity players coming back, and both should be strong next season. But, even though Cal gave DLS their toughest EBAL game last year, and it was tied with 4 minutes left, DLS is still favored to beat everyone until a local team knocks them off.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
I heard one of the big name Marin County coaches applied, as did some coaches from Stockton and Tracy?
Any news about that?
Carl
April 16th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
7 Interviews have been set for next week from scoop we found out, but in addition to the two Cal high coaches and the SR coach, who are the other four candidates?
killerD
April 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Off Subjuect, jus an fyi.. San leandro pirates non league schedule..
Bellermane Prep
Vally Cristian
Chavez ( from stockton)
Whewwww..
April 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Cal will get a good coach, stop the griping and get on with your life.
April 17th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Hey….Cal had a good football team (No way will they beat DLS, sorry). I’m talking about a program, and Las Lomas has a great one. Why leave it?
Gotta go put on my tie dye and put on some Dead. Dude.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I hear ya X’s and O.
On another note, Is San Leandro supposed to be that good. That is a great non league schedule. I dont know about Chavez though.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
We’re gonna be young.. but will have to grow up fast to survive..
April 17th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Pool of candidates has crystallized for CalHigh.
Longero LL, Wade MM, Walsh Serra SM, Moreno Dub, Manuel Cal, and two others but cannot get the names yet.
Have heard at least one coach from the Diablo school district applied for it too, but not sure which one.
Don
April 17th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
I have no clue what San Leandro will have this year. I know they are losing the starting QB and all of their weapons at receiver from last year. You guys have a starting QB yet, coach Trot?
April 17th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
do you know where we can find out who football teams are playing this coming year? i mean non league schedule.
April 18th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Granada defensive coordinator Ron Thompson is an applicant for the Cal High position.
But if the job at Cal is not a teaching position too, it will be very difficult and awkward to teach at one school and then go coach football at rival in the same league.
With teachers getting pink slips throughout the valley, it is extremely irresponsible to believe Cal can honestly predict or say they will soon have a teaching position open to lure away a head football coach, and bait him into taking the Cal job.
Weird deal at Cal this year.
Nedney
April 18th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
I know this is off subject, but does anybody know what the coaching situation is at Richmond high school? Is Coach Antonio still there… and if not did he choose to move on?
April 18th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Bergman at Monte Vista has also put his name into the mix at Cal High.
April 18th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Why would a coach want to teach at one school and coach at a different school?
Makes no sense at all, especially if he already has a coaching job?
Don
April 19th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Bergman? C’mon. OK, then maybe John Madden did too.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:19 am
If measure C does not pass with at least 2/3 of the vote on May 5th, Alamo, Danville and San Ramon schools will have dire financial troubles.
Sports funding will be targeted and football is the most expensive sport to fund, costing more than all sports combined.
With the school district use some of its reserve or enact more severe cuts, coupled with a couple of million in stimulus package money?
The new football coach at Cal high better think long, hard and ask the right questions of the administration. It would be unwise to think the Cal admin. has not looked at every possible scenario when eyeing the future of the football program.
For all doubters about the possibility of having an empty stadium on Friday night, drive up Highway 680 and tour the Mount Diablo school district this fall, they have already cut all sports funding, and if their own parcel tax measure fails – Ygnacio Valley, Clayton Valley, Northgate, Mt. Diablo, Concord and College Park will not have a football program come the fall.
The San Ramon community had better pull this one together for the sake of the kids.
Wynn
April 19th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Wynn, football costs the most but almost brings in the most money. Some sports don’t even bring in any revenue. My boy told me where he coaches they give him the same crap that it costs the most to fund football but he said if the school put the entire gate & snack bar towards football that it would cover all costs & on a good year make money over all. This is in the East Bay. San Ramon they’re making money. Maybe enough to give the district some cash to pay assistant football coaches.
April 20th, 2009 at 7:28 am
All kinds of rumors flying haywire in San Ramon.
But there are interviews set for Cal High this week as follows, Doug Longero, Kasey Moreno, Sean Manuel, Bill Hoefs, and Aaron Becker, Ron Thompson
Front Runners anyone?
Who will get the job at Cal?
First & Ten
April 20th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Micheal Bower, The qb position is still up in the air.. We hav a kid we brought up on Varisty last yr as a sophmore who could be a good one for us.. He’s competiting with the starter on jv from last yr.. We’ll have a better clue after spring ball… Im excited about the offense this year tho..
April 20th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Coach Trot,
what are BOD’s chances of winning? I heard Mario Brown transferred is that true? I also heard that Castro Valley is going to be pretty good this year.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Don’t know how you couldn’t give it to Longero with his resume. Teacher too. Moreno persona is built for inner city schools. He needs to think East Bay openings. From his Fly offense to his in your face yelling he is not built for the Valley. Ron Thompson Acalanes Coach right? They did some things won or almost won NCS. Then left to coach at a Div. 1 school but had no job. Somethings up. Had the Hayward High job in 07 but quit before the season started. That doesn’t look good. Where’s he been coaching since then? Too many name coahes. These new guys better have D-1 coaching experience to be considered.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Reggie H, I heard that rumor bout Mario.. I have no idea if its true or not, for our defense sake i hope so, the yougster is blazin and very physical..As far a castro valley, they hav athletes to be very good but with the new coach not sure what they’ll be runnin on O or D..Typically if it’s a new scheme it takes a while for the kids to be comfortable.. honestly i tend to not look to much @ what other teams are doing until were getting rdy to play them..As the o.c i try and have tunnel vision on what we need to do to put points on the board..
April 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Cal will be fine. They have a very strong community that backs them with a solid fundraising program in place. Besides that, JV beat De La Who last year and beat them bad. I was there and they just picked them apart play by play. The De La coaches did not know what hit them. They started to get flags and their discipline went out the door.. eveyrone is good in the EBAL. This is a great place to coach and everybody should be watching the upcoming Varsity kids at Cal. These boys have been playing together as Bears for almost 8 years.. they know each other like no other team out there right now.. what coach wouldn’t want that?
April 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
First time to read the blog and it seems that Wynn should put his money where his mouth is. or just shut it. looks like he really should do something more productive than bad mouth the field that knocked the JV undefeated DLS off their thrown.
Go Cal!
April 20th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I told you Cal had a strong following.. GO GRIZZ!!
April 20th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
The Grizzlies will have a strong squad of kids that have played some years of football. The thing about them is they have been winners since youth football no matter who their coach was. The reason being is that they are winners. Cal High Grizzlies Football will have it’s funding and commence with fall football. The candidate who is named the Varsity Head Coach will inherit young football players who through the years have proven they are winners. It doesn’t matter what the rest of you naysayers think. The task at hand is to select the candidate best suited to manage the stable of horses at the Grizzlie Den.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Grizzilies, that used to be San Ramon Bears…can anybody recall the last time the NCS or CIF awarded a trophy or banner for a JV team that won the league?????????
De La Salle is King.
Techno Coach
April 20th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Two of the big names have pulled out of the Cal Hi deal, or decided not to interview, Longero and Moreno both dropped out.
KillerD
April 21st, 2009 at 8:03 am
I am not saying De La Salle is not good, of course they are BUT Cal JV was the ONLY team (freshman, JV or Varsity) that beat them in the EBAL. That says alot. AND if Cal could recruit like De La Salle.. wow what a team we and everyone else would have…
I am not sad about Moreno or Longero dropping out.. there are better coaches out there.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:54 am
SRV frosh also beat the DLS frosh this season, but they lost to both Cal and MV and finished 4th. Beating DLS at the frosh or JV level is not the same as beating their varsity, but it goes a long way to give those teams confidence when playing them in future years. It kind of takes away some of the DLS mystique when these kids know they have beaten them in the past.
April 21st, 2009 at 2:14 pm
What Prep Fan Says above is the point. The players that Beat DLS at any level and will have in their heads in future games that” Hey we’ve beaten this team before”. (Same kids-next level). Let’s face it, the game at this level, when properly prepared, is largely a head game. The fact that DLS is being played closer by several EBAL schools is soon going to factor into the equation.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Prep Fan you are right.. my mistake. i forgot about SRV..
April 21st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I can personally vouch for Coach Thompson. I played for him when he was the Defensive Coordinator at Mt. Eden for our 2006-2007 season. He definitely knows his stuff and has the enthusiasm and passion to head up a program. Not only that, but he has a knack for turning programs around. The “deal” with his experience with Hayward High was unfortunate. The man went there to win games, little did he know that wearing blue and gold on our sideline the season before meant for the kids that he was the enemy. The kids basically told him to his face on his first day there that “they don’t play for no Mt. Eden coaches,” citing that working their butts off to finally win an NCS crown and having their head coach “leave for a better paying job” was reason enough to not trust outsiders. He is a good man with good intentions and wealth of knowledge. You’ll be lucky to have him.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Oh yeah, sorry about not answering your last question. For the past two seasons he’s been the Defensive Coordinator at Granada High. Close to home and something to keep that mind of his busy. Hope that about covers it Roeper.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Sounds to me like Coach Thompson is a Valley guy if his only success as a Head Coach was at Acalanes. Gotta have a different kind of attitude to Coach at Hayward High. He should have put in for the Alameda High job in 07 those kids are the closest to the Valley you can get on this side of the hill. The guy they got now has their program falling like a BRICK. I saw them get massacred by BOD & lose to a very underachieving program San Lorenzo.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Eh Carumba!
It’s getting bizarre to read how many people are in love with Cal High’s freshman or jv teams, touting their defeating DLS and others.
Who cares?
Programs, ALL of them boys and girls alike, are ranked and reverred as to ONLY what their Varsity teams do year in and out. No other stick is used to measure them.
Patrick Walsh of Serra High, really, really wants the job very bad.
As does the Miramonte coach and Sean Manuel of Cal High, and Ron Thompson of Granada fame.
Bear Backer Forever!
April 21st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
just curious Zambo- does Moreau, Bishop Odowd, and St Joes “recruit” ??
April 21st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
There is no recreating the old CAL. Do small D3 schools even compare with what DLS brings to the table? DLS is the only D1 private school in NCS, and has a huge area to draw from. Moreau has less than 1000 students, BOD just 1194, and does St. Joes even have football anymore? Not exactly apples to apples.
April 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 am
so, the only “recruiting” happens in the DLS football program? not Moreau x-country or BOD hoops? why only DLS football?
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:03 am
Several frosh and JV football teams over the years have beat DLS. It isn’t until you get to the varsity game that the dominance really begins.
Also, DLS doesn’t recruit, they don’t need to. The good players recruit DLS.
Don’t look for any miracles next year…DLS will be even better than last year, especially on defense. Any team will be lucky to put up more than 10 pts.
Thats the way it is.
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:43 am
Junior – they all have oppty to get kids to play for them outside their district.. and that is a plus. If every other school had that oppty then it would be different in the EBAL. There is a reason why private catholic schools in texas play each other and not public schools….
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:52 pm
De LA Salle has no business in the EBAL. They are a private school and should be lumped with private schools. They get to recuit from the same schools they compete against. How is that found fair. DLS showed how bullying really works in the valley eh? The EBAL is a great league, especially for football. DLS must have bribed someone to get inot the league. Send them to schools throughout the country; they got the dough to fly anywhere. They got God on thier side…
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:30 am
Who cares about DeLasalle.Does anyone have any info on Cal’s Football opening?
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 am
Interviews for cal high are supposed to be today and tomorrow on campus. Be on the lookout for Pat Walsh, Doug Longero, John Wade, Sean Manuel and Ron Thompson.
A couple of other candidates might be strolling in and out, but not confirmed.
It’s a big name lineup.
Vandy
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Zambo- good to hear you dont believe the recruiting nonsense. obviously, private schools wouldnt exist if they didnt take kids from outside of their district.
side note- plenty of public school kids transfer to other public schools. (example: justin standley)
April 23rd, 2009 at 10:13 am
From what I have heard Sean Manuel is the choice of most of the kids.
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Junior – it is harder than ever to do transfers.. school really pick those requests apart. Of course they recruit.. I am friends with people who have kids on the football team. It is not an obvious recruiting system the use..it is very discreet but they do it.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I’m sure Sean Manuel would be the kids’ primary choice for the job. He’s been on staff. The kids are simply choose the coach they’re familiar with. Nothing wrong with that, unless it happens to be the reason why amazing and accomplished coaches are given the old “thanks for coming and we’ll keep in touch.” I thought Manuel was originally planning on leaving with Sanchez to Bishop Gorman. Did that fall through or was it just assumed?
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Zambo- how exactly do the football “recruits” get into DLS when they have a blind application?
April 23rd, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Sean Manuel slayed the committee, wowed them with pizazz.
But, I would never leave the final choice of a major football program up to the kids, after all, they are kids, not adults with years of experience.
If Manuel if way above everybody else who interviewed today, then he deserves the job. Likewise, if he is not way, way better, then he does not.
IntheKnow
April 24th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
How did the other interviews go?
April 24th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Who would know how the other interviews went? Why dont they hurry up and hire a coach already people are waiting. Seriously who needs this long to hire a coach?
April 25th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Word on the street is that they are down to 2 final candidates. Not sure who though. Anyone? Anyone?
April 25th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Sean Manuel will be the next head football coach at Cal high, been saying it since day one. Rest of the interviews were just for show and for Cal High to CYA.
IntheKnow
April 25th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
According to one of the adults on the interview board, Coach Manuel from Cal High will be named the new head man for the Grizzlies.
They are staying in-house to fill the job it will be announced by Wed or sooner.
GrizBiz
April 25th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
The official announcement won’t come until early to mid next week.
There is another round of interviews to go through.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:46 am
IntheKnow and GrizBiz,
If Sean Manuel really is such a slam dunk, then why the second round of interviews. I understand one round to CYA as you put it, but two rounds suggests that someone else really is in the mix.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Don’t be so sure that Sean gets the job, I heard there are some great candidates in the running.. Sean is great, awesome and wonderful BUT he has never ran a program very different job than running a strength and conditioning program..
We will see.. it will be interesting…
April 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Sean Manuel WILL be the next head coach at Cal.
Should he get the job compared to the top candidates interviewed for it?
Only the next couple of years will tell, but football people believe Cal is so loaded with size, talent and speed, that they will win at least 6 games a year for the next three or four years, by that alone.
GrizBiz
April 26th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Coach Sean will be a great fit at Cal. They could go out there with no coach and win 5 games this year. Coach Sean demands perfection. Cal will be great with him as a coach. As a former player for cal and a big fan of Coach Sanchez (who I will always refer to as Coach) I think that Cal can be better with Sean as the coach.
April 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Bad, bad, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad move to hire a head football coach in the EBAL that has zero coordinator or head coach experience.
The EBAL is no place to learn on the job, regardless of how much great talent Cal has in the pipeline.
Huge mistake if Sean Manuel gets the job without having been a coordinator or head coach.
Wynn
April 27th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I agree!! Love Sean but he has no experience calling or running the plays..that is a huge part of running a program. But he is great guy and the players love him! Hopefully if he does not get the job he will stay to help the team.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
we shall see. thats all i have to say.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Write this down Right Now!
Every current head football coach in the EBAL is praying, doing a rain dance or whatever it is they do that Sean Manuel gets the job at Cal High.
If anybody believes the excellent head football coaches in the EBAL want to deal with the vast experience of the Top Flight proven head coaches that have interviewed for that job vs. Sean Manuel???
Sweeney, Bergeman, Kravitz, Sira, Profumo, Silva and Ladeceour will Send the Cal High interview committee on a free Around-the-World all expenses paid Cruise if Sean Manuel gets the job at Cal.
Unbelievable and too bad for the kids, the inmates must be running the show at Cal High.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
My post got cut off by hitting the wrong key.
Was going to say, look at it from Cal High committee’s POV?
“Let’s see, we can have Longero, Wade, Bryan, Walsh…or wait a minute! No wait! We Must have Sean Manuel cause he knows weights and loves our kids!”
“Sean Manuel is our guy, and it does not matter if he has never been a head coach or coordinator – he is going to will our team to wins in the EBAL!’
KillerD
April 27th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I can say, with relative certainty, that Sean Manuel did not even apply for this job. He will not be the next head coach at Cal, so all this speculation is for not.
Don’t know who you people are saying you are “in the know”, clearly you are not.
The mystery finalists remain unnamed in this blog.
April 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Sean is the o-line coach,and has been for a couple of years.Tom Cable is the line coach for the Raiders ,and also the Head coach.Sean will be fine.Coach Hoefs would mah a great o-coordinater.The pieces are in place for Cal to have a great season.Go Grizzles.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
KillerD you should check your facts before you go badmouthing Sean. First of all several coaches on you list of “who is better” never even applied for the job. Secondly how much experience do you have coaching in the EBAL? Are you a coordinator somewhere? If so you must not be at one of the good schools because I know those guys and they wouldn’t say anything like that about someone of Sean’s callibur of person and coach. Maybe you are one of those guys who like to bash people hiding behind your computer screen. Obviously you don’t know coach Manuel and you don’t know too much about football or the EBAL. I can guess who you are and you should be ashamed of yourself. Don’t hate because you ain’t!
April 28th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Sean Manuel is a solid choice for the Cal job, case closed.
GB
April 28th, 2009 at 9:51 am
GrizBiz, So are you saying Sean manuel DID apply? Proud parent said he did NOT. Kyle lists him as confirmed. InTheKnow says he slayed the committee. As usual there are conflicting reports. Does anyone REALLY know?
April 28th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I don’t know if Manuel applied for the job or not, but I agree he has what it takes to be a good head coach if hired. Cal can’t lose in this situation with so many quality applicants, even if some of them turn out to be just rumored. Let the process play out.
April 28th, 2009 at 10:44 am
If Kyle says it is confirmed about Manuel, then there really is no speculation about it.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am
true that… UNLESS there was a slotted time available and Coach Manuel chose to opt out. Kyle said he was a confirmed applicant. I would hold that as gospel. However, Kyle makes no mention of him interviewing. Obviously only the panel knows, we can only speculate. So we’ve got two conflicting reports about an interview – “Slayed them” and Proudparent… well proudparent contradicts Kyle, so I would assume Proudparents info may not hold water… just saying.
April 28th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Manuel definitely interviewed.
We should find out tomorrow or Thursday who the next coach is.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Hurry up already!! How hard is it???
April 28th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I have been coaching football at Pop Warner, then High School for 12 years, high school for 10 of them in the Concord area. I am qualified to tout my opinion.
This latest news just in regarding the new football coach at Cal High, whose name will be Sean Manuel!
Three of the EBAL head football coaches were spotted kneeling on the marble steps of the Vatican (Italy) at the Noon Mass today. The trio of giddy head coaches were seen kissing the Pope’s Ring and giving unbridled thanks to the Holy Father that the One team in the EBAL (other than DLS) that is so loaded with size and speed has hired a new head coach with zero coordinating and head coaching experience.
2009 Order of Finish in the EBAL Football Rankings:
DLS
SRV
MV
Cal
FHS
Granada
AVHS
Liv
KillerD
April 28th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
You guys bring up some good points about Sean Manuel not being a coordinator. He’s gonna be the guy. So he’s got to be able solve offensive & defensive problems schematically during games, practice ect. If they’re doing a thorough interview process which as big as this has gotten I’m sure they are they’ll ask him in depth questions about his offensive scheme, defensive scheme & so forth as they should all the applicants. So that should be part of him selling himself to the committee. Look at it this way its easy to see on the field. If they hire him & his O or D looks lost next year then you know they blew it.
April 29th, 2009 at 7:15 am
The coach defending Manuel as the choice a few posts earlier compared Manuel to Tom Cable head coach of the Raiders?
What? Cable has been a coordinator for several years at the NCAA level and an ol coach/ assistant coordinator NFL for several years. Comparing Manuel to Cable is ridiculous at best.
The Cal high interview committee should have had only one thing in mind when hiring their new head coach, and if they ever varied from that point it should have always brought them back to reality, and that’s who is the only coach that every coach in EBAL will fear or take notice of if we hire him, because his teams at Cal will be so formidable and well prepared on offense, defense and special teams, that it’s impossible not to hire this coach?
Manuel deserves credit for being a strength and conditioning coach and being at Cal as an assistant coach, but if Cal passes on all of the other incredible talent pool of proven head coaches, then it will be the Best news of the off-season to every EBAL head football coach.
Details are still cloudy, but multiple sources have reported seeing Granada Coach Silva and Monte Vista Coach Bergemen walking to the top of Mt. Diablo together to gleefully sing The Sound of Music when Cal officially makes the announcement of Sean Manuel to lead the Grizzily Bears.
KillerD
April 29th, 2009 at 9:15 am
There is no way Manuel should get that job. John Wade from Miramonte has several league titles, a few NCS Championships, and I believe a mythical State Title. He is the only finalist capable of matching schemes with those other great coaches in the best league in NorCal. If they hire a guy with no HC or coordinator experience they deserve to join Livermore at the bottom.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Leave Coach Manuel to his players and new assistant coaches, he could do wonders or not. Only the next one or two years will tell.
He is the new Coach at Cal high.
GB
April 29th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Hey, you all don’t know the other coaches and their experience that Sean Manuel will have on his staff. There are several coaches with years of experience, including head coaches at various levels, that can bridge the gap where you think Sean lacks. Big oversight by all of you naysayers. Any CEO is going to have the best qualified supporting staff possible. Cal has some residual gems on their staff that didn’t bolt with Sanchez.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Anything “official” yet, or are we still all speculating?
April 29th, 2009 at 11:44 am
It’s officially NOT Sean Manuel, as I stated before.
April 29th, 2009 at 11:51 am
This is correct. The coach was not on the staff at Cal High last year.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Ah Ha! sounds as though Proudparent is redeemed. Sorry to have doubted you before.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
So Kyle knows! Do we have to play 20 questions or are you going to tell us? Is he bigger than a breadbasket? Is he male? Has he coached football at any level before? I think I can narrow it down with those questions.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I actually don’t know still.
The coach hadn’t had a chance to tell players from the school he coached at last year, so when those players and the Cal High players are notified today the name will become public information.
Which will be in less than an hour.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Ah Ha!
Then I know exactly who it is…
Bob Altshuler… The Former Head Coach at Bishop Gorman High School. In a twist of irony Cal High / Bishop Gorman worked out a trade of coaches… I knew it all along! Okay, for you serious minded people, that was a joke.
April 29th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
ProudParent is right.. it is not Coach Manuel.. so the boys should know soon.. anyone have any bets on who it is?
April 29th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Seriously, with no inside info at all, I’d say Walsh from Serra? TOTAL speculation.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
By the way… It’s one hour since Kyle’s post. He said it’d be public in one hour.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Lou Holtz
April 29th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Eric Billeci is the new Head Coach at Cal. It was just announced.