Joe Torres of King/Drew Magnet named Los Angeles Chargers 2022 Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year nominee

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The National Football League’s Los Angeles Chargers are honoring Joe Torres of King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science as their 2022 High School Coach of the Year. He’s now a finalist for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award.

In the program’s first year of existence, Torres led the school to a 9-3 record, advancing to the 2nd round of the Los Angeles City Section Division II playoffs.

Below are the weekly 2022 winners from each county:

Coach of the Week WinnersLos Angeles CountyOrange CountySan Diego County
Week 0Joe Torres – King Drew High SchoolTom Ricci – Irvine High SchoolDavid Pena – Central High School
Week 1Stephen Barbee – Long Beach Poly High SchoolRick Feldman – Cypress High SchoolDomonic Cruz – Southwest San Diego High School
Week 2Jon Nielsen – Jordan High School (Long Beach)Jeff Bailey – Yorba Linda High SchoolKyle Williams – Poway High School
Week 3Andrew Patterson – Marshall High SchoolJamie Ortiz – San Clemente High SchoolFred Dunkle – Montgomery High School
Week 4Peter Gunny – Cleveland High SchoolSteven Anderson – Westminster High SchoolKellan Cobbs – Granite Hills High School
Week 5Scott Faer – North Hollywood High SchoolMike Enright – Rancho Alamitos High SchoolDamaja Jones – Helix High School
Week 6Narciso Diaz – Franklin High SchoolCharlie TeGantvoort – Santa Ana High SchoolRon Burner – El Capitan High School
Week 7Randy Luna – Fulton High SchoolZac LaMonda – El Dorado High SchoolThadd MacNeal – Carlsbad High School
Week 8Jahmal Wright- Culver City High SchoolRicardo Cepeda – Garden Grove High SchoolTristen McCoy – Rancho Bernardo High School
Week 9Lorenzo Hernandez – Garfield Senior High SchoolJohn Lester – Laguna Hills High SchoolJon Goodman – Escondido Charter High School

For nearly two decades, the Chargers have teamed up with the NFL to host the team’s High School Football Coach of the Week program. Annually, this program recognizes high school football coaches who have made a difference in the lives of their players through leadership, hard work, and a special dedication to their young scholar-athletes. All nominations are decided upon by the Chargers Coach of the Week Selection Committee comprised of California Interscholastic (CIF) Federation administrators, retired coaches, and more. Each winning Coach receives $1,000 to go to their school’s athletic department.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.