Vandermade, who simply accomplished his second season teaching on the San Francisco college, can be returning residence to Southern California, the place he’ll be part of Santa Margarita Excessive Faculty as its affiliate head coach.
He’ll reunite with new Santa Margarita coach Carson Palmer, a former All-Professional NFL quarterback who was Vandermade’s teammate at USC.
Vandermade, 44, attended Mater Dei Excessive Faculty in Santa Ana earlier than leaving for faculty.
At Santa Margarita, Vandermade stated he would be the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.
“As coach Vandermade embarks on his next chapter, I want to extend our community’s deepest gratitude and warmest wishes to him and his family,” SI principal Michelle Nevin Levine wrote in an announcement to the campus group. “I am confident that the positive impact he has made on our community will endure for years to come.”
Vandermade revitalized SI’s program in his two seasons in cost, culminating with a Central Coast Part Open Division championship final fall.
The 2024 Wildcats needed to go to the second-half properly a number of occasions to drag out large wins. In opposition to Serra, SI trailed by 13 within the fourth quarter earlier than rattling off back-to-back touchdowns to win 21-20.
The following week towards Archbishop Riordan, the Wildcats noticed the Crusaders a 21-0 lead earlier than coming again to win 31-28. Three weeks later, the Cats trailed Valley Christian 13-3 on the half however rallied to win 20-13.
Then, to cap all of it off, SI overcame a 7-3 halftime deficit to take down St. Francis 10-7 and win its first CCS Open title since 2012.
The seek for his alternative will start instantly, Nevin Levine wrote in her assertion. SI offensive coordinator Jujuan Lawson has been named interim head coach in the meanwhile.
