‘THE COYOTE WAY’ – INSIDE THE SUMMER SOCAL WAR ROOM (INDIO) – When the coaching staff of the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes sits down each week in the team’s war room for early-summer roster engineering, the meetings go off exactly like one of their games: Timely, efficient, to the point, and with painstaking attention to detail. The ‘Coyote Way’ – the team’s formula to replenishing the roster and creating chemistry … Read More
COYOTES LEAD CAREER DAY AT VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY (INDIO) – “How are you going to get there from here?” With those words, players and coaches of the SoCal Coyotes continued their award-winning ‘Above the Line’ leadership program recently at Martin Van Buren Elementary School – with an action-packed day of encouragement to kindergarten through fifth grade students. The event was headlined by Coyote team captain and college graduate … Read More
COYOTES RETURN FOR FIFTH YEAR AT YOUTH STRENGTH ACADEMY (PALM DESERT) – For the fifth consecutive year, players and staff of the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization will inspire, educate, and counsel the cadets of the Youth Strength Academy this June 20 at College of the Desert. The Youth Strength Academy is a Riverside County Probation Department program that provides 80 youth a weeklong day-camp experience. … Read More
MICHAEL KARLS: “I’M THE BEST QB, PERIOD” (INDIO) – When playmaker Michael Karls called a meeting recently at the Desert Princess Golf & Country Club to sit down with senior management and the coaching staff of the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes, the franchise quarterback got straight to the point. “I’m the best quarterback anywhere, and you can print that,” he said matter-of-factly, as the confident, muscled signal-caller … Read More
LOCAL BUSINESSES EMBRACE FAITH, FAMILY AND THE SOCAL COYOTES (INDIAN WELLS) – A booming economy must be fed with a motivated, educated workforce, which begins by sowing, nurturing and harvesting our local youth, the founder and head coach of the SoCal Coyotes Non-Profit Sports Leadership Organization told attendees of the Desert Welcome Luncheon this week. Speaking to a gathering of more than 60 local businesses at Indian Wells Country … Read More
LOCAL PREP FOOTBALL STARS JOIN COYOTES TO TEACH A LIFE ‘ABOVE THE LINE’ (INDIO) – Nearly 1,500 local young leaders at Desert Ridge Academy middle school learned to calibrate their moral compass, embrace authority, and discover powerful life skills during a rollicking ‘Above the Line’ leadership symposium from the SoCal Coyotes non-profit organization. Team football captains from Cathedral City High and Shadow Hills High – both of whom participate in the Coyotes award-winning … Read More
CHANGING THE COACHELLA VALLEY, FROM THE INSIDE OUT (The following story is republished with permission from the Coachella Valley Weekly, December 15, 2017.) By Lisa Morgan (INDIO) – Few professional sports organizations have more passion for their community than the SoCal Coyotes. Not content with just winning championships, this non-profit leadership organization has become a powerful force for good in the Coachella Valley. On the field, the five-time … Read More
BIG ROCK – COYOTE CLASSIC BRINGS OUT DESERT’S BEST (INDIO) – Coachella Valley Foot and Ankle put their best foot forward at Friday’s inaugural Big Rock Coyote Christmas Classic, fielding a team at the Indian Springs Golf Club that shot a low score of 59 to take the tournament. Pictured from left, are winners Shawn Clark, Ron Shipley, head football coach and athletic director at Shadow Hills High School, … Read More
DARKSIDE DEFENSE LEADS COYOTES TO PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP, FIFTH TITLE (INDIO) – A merciless ‘Darkside Defense’ and a pounding ground game led by surprising option quarterback Ridge Turner and S-back Dylan Peebles led the SoCal Coyotes to a 50-0 victory over the Los Angeles Scorpions to claim the Pacific Coast Championship of the World Developmental Football League. Turner, a former Louisiana prep legend and West Alabama standout at cornerback, was … Read More
JACOB RUSSELL LEADS DECEMBER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION EFFORT (INDIO) – Former SoCal Coyotes quarterback Jacob Russell, who directed America’s #1 Developmental Football Program™ to a perfect season in 2016, will lead a missionary contingent this December on a trip to the Dominican Republic with SCORE International, a mission organization that serves several different countries around the world. In addition to street evangelism, the group will visit boys and … Read More
