Now in his 21st season coaching at Mater Dei, Coach Sean Stevenson is currently the Head Coach of the Junior Varsity team but has also coached the Freshman and was a Varsity assistant for 12 years. Coach Lee started his coaching career at Trabuco Hills High School in 1995. Before that, he spent one year with the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League as a basketball operations intern. His teams have won 23 section titles and 11 state titles. We experienced that with my brother in high school. Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA) Girls Varsity Basketball If a player leaves for a prep school and returns 12 or more months after, they will be granted immediate eligibility. He could dribble, pass, shoot, post up and rebound, and was often asked to defend the other teams top scorer. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, The Times final regular-season top 25 baseball rankings, Sondheimer: JSerra baseball star Dominic Smaldino has history on his side, Ventura High track prodigy Sadie Engelhardt still pushes, even when only competition is herself, High school boys volleyball: Saturdays playoff results and updated pairings. Etiwanda (25-5) had few answers for Mater Dei senior forward Zack Davidson, who poured in a game-high 27 points with 13 of those coming in the fourth quarter. He is also 4thnationally among all-time coaching leaders in total career wins. Since 2010, Coach Almazan has trained and coached players alongside Coach McKnight and Clay McKnight (South Coast and Big Red travel teams). I was playing that summer with Dream Vision. Coaches - Basketball - Mater Dei High School Athletics Joe Davidson has covered sports for The Sacramento Bee since 1988: preps, colleges, Kings and features. The change came after Dunleavy was named General . Eric Sondheimer is the prep sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Gary McKnight took over as Mater Dei Head Basketball Coach prior to the 1982-83 season. The kids now look for bigger opportunities as far as a platform, Armstead said. He began his high school coaching career at Servite High School where he has coached for the past 9 years. McManus is an excellent coach. He writes a weekly column on the county high school sports scene and also covers games and writes features. Carrington Davis scored 27 points for Rialto. Jeremy Kanter of Laguna Beach is a good example. Tom Lewis has returned to Mater Dei basketball and he's not going alone Gary Franklin is now in his second year is a Varsity Assistant Coach. After playing overseas, Gary decided it was time to keep himself around basketball. When I was on the bus ride here theres nothing that was going to stop me from feeling like that again, Davidson said postgame, reflecting on that freshman-year loss. 1; Del Oro surge, Prep baseball, softball rankings: SFL stands tall again; Elk Grove-Franklin to play three, So fun: Crowd of almost 10,000 watches Triple-A Sacramento River Cats open 23rd season.