SOCAL COYOTES NAME SCOTT ALVAREZ YOUNGEST GM IN FRANCHISE HISTORY (CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes promoted from within their own ranks this week when they made Penn State product Scott Alvarez, 32, their youngest General Manager of Football Operations in their 10-year history. Alvarez and the Coyotes are preparing for their first post-Covid football season – Spring 2021 – in the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL). The Coyotes, … Read More
COYOTES WR DEREK ANDERSON OFFERED ARIZONA CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP (CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Under a scorching desert sun, they didn’t see it coming. “Grow my faith in the Lord.” The succinct answer from 6-3, 200-pound SoCal Coyotes wide receiver Derek Anderson surprised coaches at Arizona Christian University, who after showing him the campus and facilities, asked what would be the most important thing he could hope to achieve – … Read More
COYOTES LAUNCH ‘G.R.O.W.L.’ MENTORING – GAINFUL, RELATABLE OPPORTUNITIES for a WELL-ROUNDED LIFE (CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Every child in the Coachella Valley corridor deserves Gainful, Relatable, Opportunities for a Well-rounded Life. That’s a promise from the SoCal Coyotes non-profit organization, which this week launched its G.R.O.W.L.™ mentoring program – to spring mostly minority girls and boys from the hardest generational cycles of poverty. The Coyotes impact more than 50,000 youth annually through … Read More
NON-PROFIT SOCAL COYOTES DECLARE YOUTH ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ‘A CIVIL RIGHT’ (CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Those who dare, call it ‘a pandemic in a pandemic.’ Mental health issues among Coachella Valley youth – most of whom currently have little to no access to social, behavioral services, or integrated special education – are now a chief concern among concerned desert educators. Sources tell the SoCal Coyotes non-profit leadership organization that while federal and California law mandates … Read More
SERVING OTHERS: COYOTES APPOINT SAVANNAH BEY MILLER DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SERVICES (CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Savannah Bey Miller, a Presidential Scholar from the University of Colorado, who earned her Master’s in Social Work from Metropolitan State University, has been named Director of Youth Mental Health and Services by the non-profit SoCal Coyotes leadership organization. Miller’s graduate thesis focused on the non-profit Coyotes, and became the centerpiece of her entire graduating class. … Read More
NON-PROFIT COYOTES SERVE MORE THAN 13,000 MEALS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (PALM DESERT) – Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, players and staff of the SoCal Coyotes’ faith-based, non-profit, 501(c)3 leadership organization have packed and served more than 13,000 meals as part of nutrition assistance programs for youth and families in need. From Palm Springs to Pasadena, Coyotes have been on the front lines providing meals to low-income and vulnerable … Read More
SET APART, NOT SET ASIDE: SOCAL COYOTES UPLIFT DESERT SPRINGS CHURCH (PALM DESERT) – Set aside, not set apart. Such was the focus of dynamic instruction from SoCal Coyotes’ Hall of Fame head coach and non-profit founder J David Miller, who challenged men of all ages, races and walks of life from across the Coachella Valley to embrace a life that is ‘Above The Line’ at a men’s breakfast symposium hosted … Read More
FIRST 10 DAYS OF ‘COYOTE CRUCIBLE’ FAST AND FURIOUS FOR AMERICA’S #1 DEVELOPMENTAL PRO FOOTBALL PROGRAM™ (INDIO) – With desert temperatures in the low 100s, the ‘Coyote Crucible’ is in full swing for the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes, whose 2019 training camp résumé grows daily at Shadow Hills at a fast and furious pace. The biggest rookie class since 2016 – hailing from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and across California – has SoCal optimistic about their chances, … Read More
COACHELLA SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, SOCAL COYOTES NAME BEN WEHRLI MEDICAL DIRECTOR (INDIO) – Coachella Sports & Entertainment Stadium Authority (CSESA) has appointed Dr. Ben Wehrli as Medical Director of the Shield at 1 Coyote Way® and the SoCal Coyotes, its non-profit leadership organization that is America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™. The appointment of Dr. Wehrli is one of several public senior-level moves by CSESA that continue to indicate the two-year-old … Read More
SEAHAWKS’ JEREMY LANE CHOOSES SOCAL COYOTES FOR NFL RETURN (INDIO) – Veteran ‘Legion of Boom’ cornerback Jeremy Lane, who was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2012 draft and was a part of Seattle’s Super Bowl XLVIII-winning team, has joined the SoCal Coyotes to remain ‘game-ready’ for his imminent return to the NFL. Lane, 6-0, 190, joins America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™ in time for training camp, where … Read More
