SoCal Coyotes 501(c)(3) Announces Spring 2026 NFL FLAG Season at Desert Chapel (PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) — The award-winning SoCal Coyotes non-profit youth leadership organization today announced their Spring 2026 NFL FLAG Football season at Desert Chapel, returning to the Sunrise campus for a second year of  youth football in the heart of Palm Springs. The season opens with a Skills …

A State of the Union on Youth — Why Our Work Can’t Wait (PALM SPRINGS, CA) — America’s youth are standing at critical crossroads — of identity, belonging, and purpose. As anxiety rises, systems strain, and too many young people feel unseen, the SoCal Coyotes exist for one clear reason: To meet kids exactly where they are—and walk with them …

A proven, adult-aligned leadership framework restoring campus culture, consistency and accountability (PALM SPRINGS, CA) — Every school administrator can sense culture slipping—they can smell the smoke long before they see the data. A rise in tardies, classroom disruptions and an overworked faculty are more than just statistics—they are the embers of a fading culture that can turn a campus into …

By Sam Maggio Strategic Operating Partner (PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) — In the storied lineage of Run ‘n’ Shoot quarterbacks developed by the SoCal Coyotes — a pantheon that includes some of the most prolific passers in developmental football history — a new name is generating buzz and expectation. Slingin’ Sammy Mourhess — a chiseled 6-foot-4, 220-pound junior — enters the …

(PALM SPRINGS, CA) – The SoCal Coyotes and Desert Chapel Christian Schools (DCCS) successfully hosted the first-ever ‘Above the Line™’ Ambassadors weekend, welcoming a contingent of student-athletes from Boyd Buchanan School (BBS) in Chattanooga, Tennessee for a transformational weekend of faith, fellowship, and leadership. This event was years in the making, built upon the deep and lasting relationship between expedition …

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.)  – For a 17-year-old quarterback who has thrown for just shy of 3,000 yards, has over 30 career touchdowns, maintains a 4.0 GPA, you’d think Houston Hicks (6’1”, 205 lbs) has much to brag about. Not so, however, with one of the most buzzed-about young players hailing from this Southeastern Tennessee town. This natural leader and committed athlete …

(PALM SPRINGS) – Desert Chapel – the Coachella Valley’s oldest private Christian school – has announced that award-winning football coach, best-selling author, and SoCal Coyotes non-profit founder J David Miller has been named varsity head football coach for 2023.  In a press release from the 42-year old academic institution, Desert Chapel leadership said the hiring of Miller ‘ushers in a …

(PALM SPRINGS) — With a whole staff of assistant coaches to hire – and spring practices only a month away – new Desert Chapel High School head coach J David Miller is dipping into the deep, talented and trusted resource pool of the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization, where  he compiled a record of 106-16 over the …

(CATHEDRAL CITY) – While COVID-19 has temporarily grounded the high-flying developmental pro football program of The SoCal Coyotes, the non-profit organization is reaching for new heights to become one of California’s largest and most comprehensive behavioral health providers, at a time of critical new need.   The Coyote vision is to become a national leader in the sphere of youth …

(INDIO) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit organization was honored this week in the January 2020 issue of Desert Charities News (DCN) for “changing the desert, one life a time.” DCN released its annual “Men in Philanthropy” issue, which recognizes prominent local executives of charitable organizations, and the impact they make throughout the Coachella Valley. Non-profit founder and Head …