2020: Veteran Coaches Move On, Others Move Up
Address changes and new names represent most of the news-making activity these days in the San Diego Section as it pushes on to a critical date and still looking for light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
The state CIF is scheduled to make a decision later in July on the 2020 future of football in California, but steps here were taken over the spring to position the men who will lead.
Nine new coaching assignments have been announced, including those for five veteran mentors who have moved on to other schools, according to prep writing honcho John Maffei of The San Diego Union and Max Preps.
| NAME | NEW SCHOOL | PREVIOUS SCHOOL | REPLACED |
| Tyler Arciaga | Bonita Vista | Mar Vista | Sam Kirkland III |
| Jason Texler | Eastlake | San Marcos | John McFadden |
| Bryan Wagner | Hilltop | Sweetwater | Drew Westling |
| Will Gray | Hoover | Kearny | Zach Shapiro |
| Curtis Mays | Mar Vista | Tyler Arciaga | |
| Kyle Williams | Poway | Westview | Scott Coats |
| Shane Graham | Rancho Buena Vista | Joe Meyer | |
| Ervin Hernandez | Sweetwater | Bryan Wagner | |
| Jason French | Westview | Kyle Williams |
Kearny has not announced a replacement for Will Gray, who had a won-loss record of 34-25 from 2015-19.
Jason Texler has coached in the North and East County and now moves south to a strong program at Eastlake, succeeding John McFadden, who was 135-50-4 in 16 seasons.
Texler is 79-58-1 in 12 seasons over 16 years. He was 18-16 at El Cajon Valley from 2004-06, 5-15-1 at Escondido in 2010-11, and 56-27 at San Marcos from 2012-18.
Texler was an assistant on McFadden’s staff in 2019 and is a classroom teacher at the Chula Vista school.
Arciaga was 41-34 from 2013-19 at Mar Vista and comes from a coaching family. His father Bob Arciaga, was head coach at San Diego Southwest from 1978-80.
Wagner moves from Sweetwater to his alma mater, Hilltop, where he tied a County field-goal record of 53 yards in 1978 and eventually was a punter for nine seasons in the NFL, including 1994 with the San Diego Chargers.
Williams served at Westview since 2016.