A pioneer of the Fly offense and a veteran of more than 40 years in the coaching ranks, Mark Speckman joined the Golden Eagle football staff as offensive coordinator in Summer 2022. He enters his first season in Clarion. In 2021, Speckman completed his fifth season as the assistant head coach and running backs coach at UC Davis, which marked his 40th season overall in the coaching ranks. Throughout UC Davis’ 2018 Big Sky championship season, it was his unit that added another dangerous dimension to the Aggies’ offense. Led by Jerry Rice Award finalist Ulonzo Gilliam (the first Aggie national finalist in program history for this honor, given to the top freshman player in the country) and his program-record 17 touchdowns, Speckman helped this unit finish as one of the top offenses in the country. Under Speckman’s tutelage, the Aggies rushed for 2,159 yards and were responsible for 27 of the team’s touchdowns throughout a historic season that included new program records for the most overall (10) and Big Sky (7) victories in a single season.

For the fifth time in his first eight seasons at the helm, Noonan guided Sierra College to the 2021 post season, securing a bid in the State Center Bowl. The 2019 season saw Sierra College victorious over then defending state champion Laney College in the Nor Cal Grizzly Bowl. That Bowl victory marks the third win in the post season since Noonan’s arrival, the first against host Fresno City College in 2015 and the second over Sacramento City College in 2018. During his first season directing the Wolverines program 2013, Sierra’s football team enjoyed its first winning season since 2009, earning a bowl berth in the San Francisco Community College Bowl.

Jason is the head coach at West Park High School in Roseville which opened in 2020. In their first varsity season West Park became the first Sacramento area school to win an outright league title without seniors, qualifying for the playoffs. In addition to coaching at the high school level he coached in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl(2006), as well as USA Football’s International Bowl(2017 & 2018). He was also a Regional Director with USA Football from 2015-2021.

To say that Legendary Head Coach, Ernie Cooper, built the Granite Bay High School Football program from the ground up is an understatement. Head Coach since the day the school opened, Cooper won more than 150 games, 10 league championships, five section titles and the school’s first CIF state championship in 2012 before he resigned in June of that year. Cooper was also named Cal-Hi Sports 2012 State Coach of the Year. Returning to the helm of the program in 2014, Cooper resigned in 2015 to spend more time with his family. In 2017, Cooper returned to coach the Granite Bay High School Freshman Football Team for a few seasons just for fun before retirement.

Ryan Reynolds is not only the Head Football Coach, but he is also the Head Track and Field Coach at Sutter Union High School based in Sutter, California. In Coach Reynolds 29 years of coaching experience at the high school level, 26 of those years have been with Sutter High School in which he has accumulated proven success within his program. He has amassed an impressive 146-31 record with 13 NSCIF title appearances, 7 CIF Championships, 13 Conference Titles, 7 CIF STATE Semi-Finals, 2012 NSCIF Coach of the year, 2012 Nor Cal Preps Coach of the year, 2012 Appeal Democrat coach of the year, 2016 CIF #1 Ranked Division 4 Team in the State, 2016 KNBN Sports Talk Radio Coach of the Year, 2020 Cal-Hi Sports Coach of the Year, and 2022 Pioneer Valley League coach of the year.

Joey Montoya and his staff have seen great success in recent years. Coach Montoya has taken his team to six section title games (2008-09, 2016-19). While clenching the section title championship game in 2017, in that same year his team went on to win the Northern California Division. In 2019 the Hillmen played their most challenging non-league schedule in program history, then went on to their second year in the FVL, where they went undefeated in league play, won their second consecutive FVL title, 8th straight league championship, and were the Sac-Joaquin Section Division 3 runners-up. In the 2022 season, the Hillmans found themselves going into their seventh consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section quarterfinal appearance with a record of 10-0.

After a standout career as a guard and discus thrower at St. Mary’s High School, Tony Franks played football and competed in track at UC Davis. He got his start in coaching as an offensive line coach for the Aggies’ freshman football team in 1981. He stayed at UC Davis for another three years before taking over the St Mary’s Rams in 1984, where he remained four years before a three-year stint at Santa Clara as the defensive coordinator. He then returned to UC Davis, where he served as an offensive-line and linebacker coach, in addition to being a recruiting coordinator, for 12 years. In 2001 Franks returned to his high school alma mater, St. Mary’s, building the program into a perennial playoff contender.

Carlos was named Head Coach at Cedar Hill High School in 2017. Carlos and his staff have accumulated a record of 30-7 over the past 3 seasons. This past season, they were in the Texas 6A Division II UIL State Championship game.

De La Salle High School (CA) defensive line coach Steve Jacoby shares his experience coaching one of the premier high school teams in the country and how he develops his linemen. Steve started coaching at DLS in 2006. Prior to that he was the defensive coordinator at skyline high school in Oakland, ca. Earlier in his career to that he was the D-line/LB coach at Saint Mary’s college of California. Steve has coached many players that have gone on to play at the collegiate and professional level who more importantly have become great young men in society.

Since taking over the helm of the Padres in the Spring of 2001 at only 26 years old, Patrick Walsh has become synonymous with Serra football.  Walsh, the Padres’ all-time winningest coach with 171 victories, led Serra to a 2017 CIF State Championship and has visited the CA State Championship four out of the past six years: 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021. He was most recently named the 2020/2021 California State FB Coach of the Year for the Padres 5-0 Spring Season and his role as a driving force in the restart of California Youth Sports which literally affected millions of young lives. 

With nearly 250 career wins over his 22 year coaching career, Casey Taylor’s programs boast numerous titles, championships and top ten rankings with a generous helping of undefeated seasons. Named “Coach of the Year” multiple times, Taylor is active in his community coordinating youth football camps and 7 on 7 competitions.

Using football fundamentals to build lifelong relationships and teach life lessons to youth, Joe Cattolico has proven his methodology over the last 22 years with multiple championship teams across several school programs. In his first season as head coach at Granite Bay high school, Cattolico’s varsity team finished second in the Sierra Football League.

Rob will be entering his 4th season as the head coach at Spanish Springs. He and his staff led their athletes to league titles in 2019 and the spring of 2021. Rob was selected High Desert League Coach of the Year in 2019 & 2021 and Northern Region Coach of the Year in 2019. Rob is also Co-Head Track & Field coach at Spanish Springs. He strongly promotes that his athletes compete in multiple sports and has coached football, basketball, and track/field at various levels throughout his 15 year career as an educator.

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