I LOVE this shot that Dom Farrar took on Saturday! 1996 - Fallbrook High, second year coaching 2026 - Speaking at SCFCA. 30 years difference! If you would have told '96 Chris about his adventures in coaching & athletic leadership, he would've never believed you!

The coaching profession = the greatest profession on earth!

I'm an honest fella. If you've been following me for more than a few months, you know that! I was disappointed in the turnout today at @SCFCA_. Coaches had a chance to hear from Matt Logan, Rick Garretson, and about 5 coaches who sit on the CIFSS Coaches Advisory Committee. We discussed the playoff format, and much more during that session. I know that clinic attendance is way down everywhere: AFCA was down big time this year, Glazier is down, this one was down. Maybe I'm just old school. But when I was a coach, I would pay about $300 to see Matt Logan speak for 90 minutes!! You could have done it for $52, and received $1 million liability policy today! There is something to be said for spending a day, or even 5-6 hours around a bunch of coaches. Even if you don't get something from a clinic speaker, you can get a whole lot from the brotherhood, and just talking shop with coaches. I wish more coaches took an active role in this profession as professionals. Coaches will jump and down to whine and complain about: 1. Playoff system 2. How they're treated by admin 3. Parents 4. Working conditions 5. Their pay But folks listen: until we take the profession more seriously, until we show up to events like today as an association of coaches, we will be on islands. I spent 3 years as the President of California Coaches Association. Happy to report we grew the association by 20% during those 3 years, and increased corporate sponsorships by about 300%! But still, we only had about 1,200 coaches FROM all over California, from ALL sports as a part of the association. Coaches will NEVER make a splash of noice with districts, with lawmakers in CA, without unifying and coming together. I'm passionate about this. When the state was trying to ban youth tackle football, I played a key role in bringing together a team of youth football leaders who led that fight. And played a role in doing so as well. It took WORK!! Hours and hours, days and days of selfless people who only spent their OWN money to fight that thing!! I leaned so much through that process about unifying and motivating others to fight against the government at a time I strongly believed in. Our association need to get stronger. The group of leaders leading SCFCA right now have never worked as hard to move the movement forward!! We need to follow their lead as coaches, if we care about the future of this profession. I strongly believe this.

Enjoyed sharing some of my story about how I got into coaching, and the impact on football coaches on my life at the @SCFCA_ Clinic earlier today.

2nd keynote speaker of the day: @GarretsonRick speaking at the SCFCA clinic.

Great coach and just an overall terrific man.

Great presentation from @chriscfore of 8 Laces at the SCFCA clinic.

Great opening keynote presentation about how to win a championship given by @Cen10Football

Tomorrow at Golden West College!!

Well deserved

Mark Paredes… SGV legend.

VERY grateful to @SCFCA_ for selecting me as the 2026 Otto Plum Award Winner. SCFCA presents this award of merit and appreciation to a member of the Board who has provided leadership and dedication in promoting the spirit of high school football. Thank you!

It was an honor to present the 2026 Lou Farrar Legacy Award to Mike Wunderly.

Congrats to Mark Paredes as the 2026 Clare Van Hoorebeck Award winner.

Congrats to the Herb Meyer Award winner- Mark Cunningham.

It was an honor to award ⁦@JVondra11⁩ with the Otto Plum Service Award last night at the annual SCFCA awards dinner.

Fun night with 2026 Braven “Bud” Dyer Award winner- Chris Fore ⁦@chriscfore⁩

Great night honoring the 2026 Gib Dear Award winner- Dan Herring.

Thank you to @SCFCA_ for the honor of the Media Award. Thank you to @blastathletics for coming out to support!

Clinic line up all set for next week! Members are free, otherwise it’s $52 to become a member and attend the clinic and coaches’ social afterwards. Pay at the door or myscfca.com