COYOTES’ 4TH-QUARTER EXPLOSION GIVES HOF COACH MILLER LEGENDARY 100TH VICTORY (PALM SPRINGS, Ca.) – In a fourth-quarter explosion of defense, offense and special teams, the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes overcame a late 12-6 deficit and rocketed to a 30-12 victory Saturday against the Santa Clarita Tigers. On a crisp spring afternoon made for football, a raucous, packed crowd at Desert Chapel Christian School – have you seen SoCal’s beautiful new … Read More
COACHELLA SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, SOCAL COYOTES NAME BEN WEHRLI MEDICAL DIRECTOR (INDIO) – Coachella Sports & Entertainment Stadium Authority (CSESA) has appointed Dr. Ben Wehrli as Medical Director of the Shield at 1 Coyote Way® and the SoCal Coyotes, its non-profit leadership organization that is America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™. The appointment of Dr. Wehrli is one of several public senior-level moves by CSESA that continue to indicate the two-year-old … Read More
CHANGE ABOUNDS AS SIX-TIME CHAMPION COYOTES PREPARE FOR MINI-CAMP JUNE 29 (INDIO) – On June 29, the six-time champion SoCal Coyotes will open their 2019 mini-camp, as preparations officially get underway for the non-profit organization’s 12th season. Mini-camps are typically glorified practices to remind the players that the real training camp – and 120-degree temperatures – are hovering just around the corner. The coaches for ‘America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™’ … Read More
CSESA, SOCAL COYOTES APPOINT FORMER INDIO MAYOR MICHAEL WILSON (PALM DESERT) – “I’m ready to honor God in all we do, serve others, build this community, and shock the world.” With those words, former Indio Mayor Michael Wilson – one of Southern California’s most decorated public servants with a four-decade proven track record among community groups, elected officials, and key stakeholders – accepted his appointment this week to the … Read More
RONALD McDONALD CHARITIES HONORS COYOTE EXEC RON DIGRANDI FOR ‘A FEW GOOD MEN’ 2019 GALA (PALM DESERT) – Lightning does strike twice. Ronald McDonald Charities Inland Empire has named Senior Vice President Ron DiGrandi as one of eight local ‘A Few Good Men,’ the second executive in as many years from the venerable SoCal Coyotes non-profit leadership organization, according to a recent announcement from the Loma Linda-based institution. DiGrandi and seven other heralded desert … Read More
AT RAE OF HOPE BOYS RETREAT, COYOTES DROP FAITH, FAMILY AND FOOTBALLS – LITERALLY (RANCHO MIRAGE) – Players, coaches and staff of the five-time champion SoCal Coyotes headlined the ‘Rae of Hope’ Retreat for Boys at Palm Valley School this month, inspiring hundreds of participants with passion and purpose. Hosted by the Bianca Rae Foundation, the day was a game-changer in the lives of scores of middle-school boys who were able to learn about … 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
LOCAL BUSINESSES EMBRACE FAITH, FAMILY AND THE SOCAL COYOTES (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 … Read More
LEADERSHIP, AND SOLITUDE: Q&A WITH COYOTES ALL-TIME SACK-LEADER JAKE SHEFFIELD (INDIO) – It’s a Wednesday night, and the SoCal Coyotes all-time sack leader is sitting in church alone, flipping through his Bible, waiting on the service to begin. He is quiet, and calm, the opposite of the violent maelstrom he is on the field. An unstoppable force with America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™ since 2014, Sheffield has laid out … Read More
COYOTES ABOVE THE LINE™ PROGRAM SURGES TO NEW HEIGHTS (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 … Read More