3X national champ Mater Dei (California) stays in-house for Bruce Rollinson’s replacement

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Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) has elevated defensive backs coach Frank McManus, Jr. to be the program’s new head football coach. He takes-over for the legendary Bruce Rollinson, who led the Monarchs to three High School Football America national championships in the last six years. Rollinson announced his retirement plan in November.

McManus has been with the Mater Dei program for 16 years.

In 2022, Rollinson had his alma mater in-line for a four national title. The Monarchs loss to eventual national champ St. John Bosco in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship at the Rose Bowl ended Rollinson’s dream of going into the sunset for another national crown.

Rollinson finished his career with a record of 346-87-3.

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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.