St. Joseph Hires Cardinal Newman Assistant as New Head Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Dustin Davis is the new head football coach at St. Joseph High School.

Davis, who spent last year as an assistant at Cardinal Newman, has head coaching experience at Windsor High School.  The Mater Dei alum was 7-4 in his only year as the school's head coach, although he led Windsor's JV team to a 29-0-1 record in three years as head coach.

Davis was chosen out of a group of 70 applicants.

Last season, the Knights were 3-7 under Mike Hartman, who was not asked back after his 7th season at the helm of the program.

National Letter of Intent Signing Day - California High Schools

Gavin Andrews - OL (Granite Bay) - Oregon St.
Brett Bartolone - WR (La Habra) - Washington St.
Grant Bays - OL (Oceanside) - Oregon St.
Chris Brown - RB (San Joaquin Memorial) - Oregon St.
Terrance Brown - S (Los Alamitos) - Northwestern
David Bucannon - S (Vanden) - Washington St.
Jeremy Castro - LB (Vista Murrieta) - UCLA
Matt Cochran - OL (Buhach Colony) - Cal
Chase Eldredge - OL (Palos Verde) - Oregon St.
Mark Gilmore - WR (Lakewood) - Oregon St.
Chris Harper - WR (Crespit) - Cal
Nate Iese - LB (Sheldon) - UCLA
Zach Kline - QB (San Ramon Valley) - Cal
Robert Lewis - WR (South East) - Washington St.
Gabriel Marks - WR (Venice) - Washington St.
Ellis McCarthy - DT (Monrovia) - UCLA
Eduardo Middleton - OL (Oceanside) - Washington St.
Hardy Nickerson, Jr. - LB (Bishop O'Dowd) - Cal
Christian Okafor - OL (Oaks Christian) - Cal
Garrett Owens - PK (Arroyo Grande) - Oregeon St.
Kache Palacio - LB (Serra) - Washington St.
Khalil Pettway - LB (Culver City) - Washington St.
Darius Powe - WR (Lakewood) - Cal
Scott Star - LB (Norco) - USC
Freddie Tagoloa (Salesian) - Cal
Brent VanderVeen (Arroyo Grande) - Oregon St.
Darien Washington - DB (Orange Lutheran) - Washington
Garrett Weinreich - OL (Arroyo Grande) - Oregon St.
Chad Wheeler - OL (Santa Monica) - USC
DeVante Wilson - DE (Corona) - USC

77-year old Frank Negri Resigns from Natomas

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

After 248 wins, Frank Negri has decided to hang up the whistle...or maybe not.

Negri resigned earlier this month after three years as the head coach of Natomas.  The 77-year old Negri went 6-5 in his first year at Natomas, but fell to 4-6 in 2010 before going winless last year.

According to a published report today in the Sacramento Bee, Negri, who coached 42 years at Foothill, says he's still interested in being a head coach...not retiring.

Kunau Out as Head Football Coach at Orange Lutheran

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

After 19-years of leading Orange Lutheran, Jim Kunau is out as its head coach.

School officials have announced that the school is beginning a national search for its replacement for Kunau, who will remain at the school to help students with college recruiting.

OL was 182-52-3 under Kunau, making the playoffs in 16 of his 19 years.  Kunau led Orange Lutheran to the Division II state championship in 2006.

The removal of Kunau as head coach comes after the school missed the playoffs the past two years with an overall record of 17-14.