2022 SEASON RECAP: SIX-TIME CHAMPION COYOTES FALL SHORT IN 10TH TITLE APPEARANCE (PALM SPRINGS) — Spring, 2022. One by one, like soldiers withdrawing from the trenches, the SoCal Coyotes sauntered off the field at Inglewood’s historic Jackie Robinson Stadium. For the 10th time in their storied history, the SoCal Coyotes had fought their way to another championship appearance. For the fourth time, the six-time champions had reached the pinnacle, but fallen short. … Read More
SOCAL COYOTES NAME TAMPA BAY STORM LEGEND SHANE STAFFORD OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR (PALM SPRINGS, Calif.) – Heralded professional football coach ‘Sugar’ Shane Stafford – who was the most prolific quarterback in Tampa Bay Storm history during the heyday of the Arena Football League – has signed with the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the 2022 season. Stafford is a formidable addition to America’s #1 Developmental … Read More
IN PURSUIT OF SEVENTH TITLE, COYOTES RE-SIGN MIAMI VETERAN KELVIN CAIN (CATHEDRAL CITY) – “We’re bringin’ nasty back.” The words of head coach and non-profit founder J David Miller said it all after the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes came to terms with former University of Miami Hurricane and veteran defensive lineman/linebacker Kelvin Cain, who in previous stints with America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program led the team in tackles for loss … Read More
DFI, LDFL ANNOUNCE JOINT-VENTURE PARTNERSHIP (PALM SPRINGS, Ca.) – Two of the most respected American football developmental organizations sent shockwaves through the sport today with the announcement of a Southern California joint-venture partnership for the 2022 season – which both sides believe is an ‘audition’ for even bigger things to come. Palm Springs-based Developmental Football International (DFI) has partnered with the LaBelle Developmental Football League … Read More
DFI RELEASES SOCAL COYOTES 2022 SPRING SCHEDULE (CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Developmental Football International (DFI) has officially released its football schedule for the spring 2022 season, which includes a six-week regular-season, culminating in two weeks of playoffs, with a championship crowned April 30th. The SoCal Coyotes kick off their 2022 football schedule in San Diego against the Silverbacks on Saturday, March 5, and notably play home and … Read More
COYOTES, DFI BRING AMERICA’S #1 PROGRAM TO GDFL (INDIO) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes – America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™ – will begin play in the Gridiron Developmental Football League in spring 2020, thanks to a landmark joint-venture agreement between the GDFL and Developmental Football International (DFI). In its unique arrangement with DFI, the GDFL is now home to the Coyotes, one of the nation’s most … Read More
25,000 FOLLOWERS: SOCAL COYOTES AMONG NATION’S FASTEST-GROWING SPORTS BRANDS (INDIO) – The SoCal Coyotes – America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™ – soared to 25,000 organic followers and Facebook ‘likes’ this week, as the non-profit sports leadership organization continued its remarkable climb as one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports brands. Among Coachella Valley landmarks and icons, the Coyotes have eclipsed the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (9,021), Thermal Club Race … Read More
COYOTES ‘RESTORE THE ROAR’ AT INDIO MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR (INDIO) – The SoCal Coyotes delivered their ‘Restore the Roar’ educational program recently at Indio Middle School to day-long, packed auditoriums of over a thousand Coachella Valley youth. America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program was a conveyor belt of character, competence and connection, mixing an array of audio-visuals, highlights, awards, music and curriculum to challenge, entertain, reward and ignite students … Read More
RESURGENT COYOTES HARPOON CALIFORNIA SHARKS 44-0 (GRANADA HILLS) – Behind a furious assault from their ‘Darkside Defense,’ the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes harpooned the California Sharks 44-0 Saturday night in Developmental Football International (DFI) action at John Elway Stadium. A strip sack in the game’s first minute resulted in the first Coyote touchdown, which set the tone for a dominating defensive performance. After losing their first … 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