By Gisselle Romo-Gonzalez ([email protected]TheSoCalCoyotes.com) (INDIAN WELLS, Calif.) – The founder of the faith-based SoCal Coyotes non-profit organization – and one of the winningest head football coaches in Coachella Valley history – has been selected by Angel Light Academy (ALA) to receive its prestigious ‘Above & Beyond Award‘ at its 12th Annual Gala, Saturday, October 9th, at Indian Wells Golf Resort. …

By Gisselle Romo-Gonzalez ([email protected]) (GRAYSON, Kentucky) – Former SoCal Coyotes quarterback Jacob ‘Jake’ Russell, who broke seven franchise records and led America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™ to an undefeated season in 2016, has been named Head Coach at Kentucky Christian University. “My next chapter as Head Coach at Kentucky Christian University is an amazing opportunity to advance the Gospel through the …

(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 …

(CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.) – In the nearly 10 years since founder and Hall of Fame football coach J David Miller humbly promised to provide a ‘lifeline of hope’ for every child in the Coachella Valley, the faith-based Socal Coyotes leadership organization has been selected by State Senator Melissa Melendez as the ‘2021 Nonprofit of the Year’ for the 28th District. …

(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 …

(CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif.) – The six-time champion SoCal Coyotes promoted from within their own ranks this week when they made Penn State product Scott Alvarez, 32, their youngest General Manager of Football Operations in their 10-year history. Alvarez and the Coyotes are preparing for their first post-Covid football season – Spring 2021 – in the Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL). The Coyotes, …

(CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – On March 12, 2020, the clock stopped for The SoCal Coyotes, America’s #1 Developmental Pro Football Program™. One by one, sports league after league – the NBA, MLB, MLS, NHL, NCAA, PGA, Formula 1 and the XFL – either cancelled or suspended play, as the reality of Covid-19 gripped the world. Since 2012, the Coyotes – winners …

(CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Every child in the Coachella Valley corridor deserves Gainful, Relatable, Opportunities for a Well-rounded Life. That’s a promise from the SoCal Coyotes non-profit organization, which this week launched its G.R.O.W.L.™ mentoring program – to spring mostly minority girls and boys from the hardest generational cycles of poverty. The Coyotes impact more than 50,000 youth annually through …

(CATHEDRAL CITY) – While COVID-19 has temporarily grounded the high-flying developmental pro football program of The SoCal Coyotes, the non-profit organization is reaching for new heights to become one of California’s largest and most comprehensive behavioral health providers, at a time of critical new need.   The Coyote vision is to become a national leader in the sphere of youth …

(CATHEDRAL CITY, Ca.) – Savannah Bey Miller, a Presidential Scholar from the University of Colorado, who earned her Master’s in Social Work from Metropolitan State University, has been named Director of Youth Mental Health and Services by the non-profit SoCal Coyotes leadership organization.  Miller’s graduate thesis focused on the non-profit Coyotes, and became the centerpiece of her entire graduating class. …