(INDIO) – Only nine seconds remained, and the visiting California Sharks trailed the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes 22-20 – but were just 14 yards away from stealing a hard-to-come-by victory halfway through this Developmental Football International (DFI) season. A huge crowd sat perched and waiting on the edge of its collective seat, with no nails left to bite. For three …

(PALM SPRINGS) – In one extraordinary day, the SoCal Coyotes non-profit leadership organization impacted hundreds of youth from Palm Springs to Rancho Mirage, incorporating life lessons of perseverance, passion, and integrity into their award-winning Above the Line™ series. Led by SVP Ron DiGrandi, the five-time champion Coyotes began at the crack of dawn with the International Walk to School Day …

(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 …

(INDIO) – The SoCal Coyotes and Bulldogs of San Diego will face off September 8 in the first-ever Inland Empire Ronald McDonald House Kickoff Classic at Shadow Hills Stadium, with all proceeds from the regular-season clash donated to the charity.   Both teams will don the famous Ronald McDonald red-and-white striped, ‘smile-maker’ socks to show their support. The Coyotes will …

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 …

(PALM DESERT) – For the fifth consecutive year, players and staff of the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes non-profit sports leadership organization will inspire, educate, and counsel the cadets of the Youth Strength Academy this June 20 at College of the Desert. The Youth Strength Academy is a Riverside County Probation Department program that provides 80 youth a weeklong day-camp experience. …

(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 …

(INDIAN WELLS) – A booming economy must be fed with a motivated, educated workforce, which begins by sowing, nurturing and harvesting our local youth, the founder and head coach of the SoCal Coyotes Non-Profit Sports Leadership Organization told attendees of the Desert Welcome Luncheon this week. Speaking to a gathering of more than 60 local businesses at Indian Wells Country …

(INDIO) – For the past six years, the SoCal Coyotes non-profit leadership organization has given Coachella Valley educators something they not only want, but also what schools so desperately need. The Coyotes Above The Line™ leadership program traces its roots back to 2012, when team Founder and Head Coach J David Miller first created and implemented a curriculum for local …