(INDIO) – What do you get when you cross a Pope, a blind guy and a Justin Bieber look-a-like?   Rookie wide receiver Taylor Pope, veteran Rashad ‘The Franchise’ Roberts and rookie Derrick Anderson all gashed The Bulldogs of San Diego for touchdowns in the Coyotes’ 66-0 home-opening win, making it clear that the 2018 edition of the SoCal ‘Silver …

By Shad Powers, The Desert Sun (COACHELLA VALLEY) – A group called the Coachella Sports and Entertainment Stadium Authority will announce plans to build The Shield at 1 Coyote Way, a $300 million, 12,000-seat mixed-use stadium in Thousand Palms. J. David Miller, the founder and coach of the SoCal Coyotes developmental football team in the desert, launched the Coachella Sports …

By Amy Diperro, The Desert Sun (COACHELLA VALLEY) – Developers have announced preliminary plans for a 12,000-seat indoor sports stadium to be built on land between the Classic Club and Interstate 10 in Thousand Palms. The stadium complex is the brainchild of J. David Miller, the head coach of the Palm Springs-based SoCal Coyotes developmental football team. Miller is hoping …

(INDIO) – For the fourth year, players and coaches of the perennial champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization returned to Indio Middle School for College & Career Day. Linebacker Jordan Warford, running back Timothy Mack and defensive end Jake Sheffield joined head coach J David Miller for a day’s worth of prepping young learners on the impact of choices, …

(INDIO) – Fresh off an undefeated regular season, members of the SoCal Coyotes recently shared lessons in leadership and life to more than 700 students at their Second Annual Thomas Jefferson Middle School Leadership Expo. With candor and humility, players and coaches offered up the Coyotes ‘Above the Line’ leadership training to six consecutive packed auditoriums, encouraging students to earn …

(INDIO) – The November 2016 poll released by National Football Events, a Chicago-based governing organization that sanctions national polls and post-season competition for AAA professional football, delivered a clear message on what the country thinks about fall California developmental competition. There’s the undefeated, #11-ranked SoCal Coyotes (7-0, #1 in the Western Region), and not much else, which is why the …

(INDIO) – Put away his rocking chair – he’s not ready for football’s front porch just yet. Ageless Rashad ‘The Franchise’ Roberts – the SoCal Coyotes all-time leading scorer and receiver – saved his very best for the very last Sunday afternoon, hauling in a 31-yard touchdown from quarterback Jacob Russell with only 12 seconds left to beat the visiting …

(SAN DIEGO) – SoCal Coyotes quarterback Jacob Russell – who leads the Southern California Football League in every category – completed 18 of 23 passes and rained down another 339 yards and seven touchdowns to silence the host San Diego Thunder 48-0 Saturday night. Ageless receiver Rashad ‘The Franchise’ Roberts, now in his ninth Coyote season, led the four-time champions …

(PALM SPRINGS) – The four-time champion and undefeated SoCal Coyotes and General Air Conditioning & Plumbing rallied hundreds of students at the crack of dawn recently for the International Walk to School Day at Cielo Vista Charter School, which ended with a huge pep rally where players taught students the meaning of ‘respect’ in our modern culture. The Coyote General led …

(INDIO) – Former Cortland State All-American running back and league-leader Dylan Peebles scored three touchdowns and broke 100 yards for the fourth time this season to lead the four-time champion SoCal Coyotes to a 56-12 win over the visiting Vegas Trojans Saturday night. With the dominating victory, the Coyotes (5-0) remain the Southern California Football League’s only undefeated team. For …