(PALM SPRINGS) – Renowned surgeon and SoCal Coyotes team physician Dr. Ben S. Wehrli will be recognized by Angel Light Academy (ALA) for his “proven excellence in community leadership and service” at the 13th Annual Above & Beyond Awards on April 30 at the Indian Wells Golf & Country Club. Dr. Wehrli, founder of Coachella Valley Foot and Ankle Institute, …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(PALM DESERT) – Forget the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.  In the sizzling oven that is the Coachella Valley, the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes (6-2) baked the short-handed Santa Clarita Valley Tigers 34-0, in temperatures that reached 114 degrees at Freedom Field. Saturday’s game had Southern California conference playoff-bracket ramifications for both Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) teams.   “The …

(RANCHO MIRAGE) – Quarterback Michael Karls threw five touchdowns to four different receivers and ran for a sixth to lead the maturing six-time champion SoCal Coyotes (5-1) to a 38-22 victory over the West Coast Lions. “Perception and potential are the roommates of losers,'” said SoCal Hall of Fame head coach J David Miller. “You only win with perseverance and performance. Today you witnessed …

(PALM DESERT, Ca.) – Anyone can sing when the sun is shining, but a testimony of faith galvanized in hardship resonates loudest in the lives around us. Those were the words of SoCal Coyotes’ Hall of Fame head coach J David Miller, who offered a personal message of hope to a packed men’s prayer breakfast this week at Desert Springs …

(PALM DESERT) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes – America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™  – officially postponed their 2020 spring season Monday, March 23, after team officials concluded “there is no end in sight” to the coronavirus pandemic health crisis. Last week, the Coyotes’ non-profit organization suspended all non-essential activities, with the lone exception of select players and staff …

(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 …

(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 …