By Tim Peterson
(San Gabriel) – Marcus Galan stepped down as the head football coach at San Gabriel after two seasons it was confirmed early Sunday.
Galan, who took over for Kevin Encinas who resigned after the 2022 campaign, went 13-12 overall as the head coach of the Matadors. San Gabriel went 6-5 overall in 2023 and 4-1 in the Almont League which was good for second place. The Matadors lost in the first round of the CIF Division 13 playoffs to Los Amigos 28-20.
Last season Galan guided San Gabriel all the way to the CIF Division 14 Championship game where they fell to Pioneer 13-6. The Mats were 7-7 overall and finished third in the Almont League at 3-2.
Galan resigned to spend more time with family. San Gabriel will begin the search for a new head coach effective immediately.
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Total joke? They won a title a few years ago and played for one this past season. Obviously it’s not the program why they’re leaving.
Bring Jude back
two seasons too late. sad to see what has happened to a once great program, they are a total joke now. they need to go after the former norco coach.
Unusual for a coach to step down with the future looking bright ….
SG has a great 2026 class coming back. Top returning RB in the SGV Adam Mascorro over 2,000 yards rushing in 2024, three year varsity starter, 2x All League, 1x All CIF. Louie Navarro LB/FB over 100 tackles in 2024 & over 700 yards rushing. Three year varsity starter, 2 x All League and 1 x All CIF. Christopher Ramirez Safety, 10 ints in 2024, tops in SGV, 1 x All CIF. In three years at SG, No loosing season, which is unheard of for the program. Made playoffs all three years and have been to two CIF finals. Kids are winners, they deserve the best available coach.
There’s a possibility that we’ll see Galan land at another school. These kind of resign and re-sign deals happen all the time.
Just goes to show how hard it is to do the head coaching thing. The guy went to a CIF championship and was only on year 2. Admin and school communities really need to do something to incentivize coaching because it’s not worth the time away from families. And if they have someone who has been doing it for 10 plus years, they need to shower him with appreciation, but I’m sure the coach would prefer some more $.
Wow, did not see that one coming.
Nice school, nice stadium, weak league. A coach could do worse.
Wow does SG go back to the charter oak pipeline?