6th Annual San Diego County High School Coaching Legends Induction Banquet; Wednesday, November 10 Scottish Rite Temple, 5:30 Reception, 6:30 Dinner and Program, Scottish, $45 per person $450 for a table of ten For more information call Mary Woodall at 619-234-2544 or fax 619-234-4543
HIGH SCHOOL COACHING LEGENDS 2004 INDUCTEES
RaNAE BAIR-SEAMAN
Volleyball, Madison HS
JOE GOSS
Water polo, Swimming, Valhalla/Fallbrook HS
DAYLE MAZZARELLA
Wrestling, Cross Country, El Camino HS
HERB MEYER
Football, Oceanside/Scripps Ranch HS
DARRYL NELSON
Track & Field, Lincoln/Crawford/Scripps Ranch HS
JACK SANDSCHULTE
Basketball, Fallbrook HS
BILL WHITTAKER
Baseball, St. Augustine HS
DICK WILKINS
Cross Country, Track & Field, El Capitan HS
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
CARL BENTON
Distinguished Service in Developing Physical Educators and Athletic Coaches
AUGIE ESCAMILLA
Promoter of Youth Sport Activities in South Bay & High School Sports Announcer
DON CLARKSON (Posthumously)
First Commissioner, San Diego Section CIF
BIOGRAPHIES
RaNae Bair-Seaman
Volleyball – Madison
RaNae spent 31 years in the San Diego City Schools, all at Madison High School, as a Physical Education teacher, English teacher, a coach, and as an Athletic Director. Her volleyball teams compiled a record of 379-251 with 20 winning seasons and ten league championships. Her record in basketball was 226-165 with two league championships, one CIF championship and one CIF runner-up finish. She also coached track & field for eight years with a record of 28-13, two league champions and one CIF runner-up finish. The Sentinel Newspaper named RaNae the “Coach of the Year” for both volleyball and basketball in 1982. RaNae retired in February 2003, having always followed her motto: “You have a choice to make, in anything you do, and you should keep in mind, the choice you make makes you.”
Joe Goss
Water Polo, Swimming – Valhalla / Fallbrook
Joe Goss spent 20 years coaching water polo and swimming, 15 of which were in the San Diego area. As a junior varsity and varsity coach in both sports, his teams won 12 Grossmont League titles between the years 1976-1983. In his ten years as a varsity water polo coach, he spent five years at Valhalla (1979-1983) and later five years at Fallbrook (1989-1993). In that time, his teams compiled a record of 190-82 (.703), and went on to win three San Diego County Championships. His Valhalla teams won four Grossmont League titles and went on to win the San Diego County Championships in 1979 and 1981. In 1993 his Fallbrook team would also win the San Diego championship. Joe was named League Coach of the Year (Grossmont/Palomar) five times and named San Diego Coach of the Year three times.
Dayle Mazzarella
Wrestling, Cross Country – El Camino
Between El Camino and Oceanside High Schools, Dayle served as boys and girls cross country coach for nine years, wrestling coach for 14 years and boys track & field coach for four years. His teams won eight league titles, ten CIF championships and finished 2nd or 3rd in CIF another 12 times. During the 1983-1984 school year, all four teams won CIF championships with a total of 19 different athletes being named 1st or 2nd team All-CIF. Dayle always felt good that the goal of athletics was to help young people become more disciplined, more self-sufficient, and more introspective. Winning was simply an indication of how successful he was at helping make those things happen. Dayle resigned from almost all head coaching in 1987 to concentrate on developing a better Advanced Placement Social Studies program at El Camino.
Herb Meyer
Football – Oceanside/El Camino
Herb Meyer’s career in athletics spans 48 years, and included tenures at Pomona College, Oceanside and El Camino High Schools. Herb coached baseball for 13 years at Oceanside High and coached 45 years of football between Oceanside and El Camino. With his experience came great success. He was recognized as County, State, Southwest Regional, National District 8 and National Coach of the Year in football. He is a member of six Halls of Fame and became the first California coach to be inducted into the National High School Sports Hall. Herb was the first coach in California to win 300 games in football and remains the all-time state leader with 338 victories. This includes 10 CIF championships, two at Oceanside high and eight at El Camino High.
Darryl Nelson
Track & Field – Lincoln / Crawford / Scripps Ranch
Darryl joined San Diego Unified School District in 1966, taking his knowledge and successes in track & field at SDSU to his coaching positions at Lincoln and Crawford High Schools. In his two years at Lincoln High School, his teams won back to back CIFSDS titles. At Crawford High, he coached both the girls’ and boys’ teams for 18 years. The girls’ teams won three CIF titles and two runner-up titles; the boys team was second in CIF in 1987. Darryl’s teams won a combined five CIF Track & Field Championships, three runner-up awards and 12 league championships. Darryl was voted San Diego Western League Coach of the year in 1980 and San Diego Section Honor Coach of the Year in 1982.
Jack Sandschulte
Basketball – Fallbrook
Jack Sandschulte coached varsity boys’ basketball at Fallbrook Union High School for 25 years, retiring in 1984. His teams won six leagues titles and were 2nd or 3rd in the league seven times. They were in the CIF Finals twice. His teams were in the playoffs 17 times. FUHS won back-to-back Avocado league titles in 1975-76 and 19976-77. The 1976-77 team won a remarkable 25 straight games. Jack earned the Los Angeles Times San Diego Coach of the Year in 1982 after garnering Avocado League Coach of the Year honors in 1973, 1976 and 1977. When not coaching basketball for Fallbrook, Jack served as the Junior Class Counselor, Director of Work Experience, and as a world history teacher.
Bill Whittaker
Baseball – St. Augustine
Bill Whittaker began coaching St. Augustine in 1956 as the junior varsity coach in football, basketball and baseball. After two years, he was assigned to the varsity baseball coaching position at Saints, a title he held for the next 26 years. During his tenure, the Saints varsity baseball team won 264 games, three league titles (1967, 1971, 1972), made the CIF playoffs six times and won three Lions tournaments (1967, 1968, 1969). As a high school coach and a City Recreation Department leader, Bill has coached countless numbers of young men that have gone on to professional baseball careers, such as Graig Nettles, John Wathan, and Bob Cluck. Bill retired from Saints in 1990 after dedicating 49 years of service to the school. The Saint Augustine home baseball field was named in Bill Whittaker’s honor in 1991. Bill is considered the patriarch of Saints baseball, the figure responsible for elevating a small program to unanticipated heights.
Dick Wilkins
Cross Country, Track & Field – Granite Hills / El Capitan
Dick moved to the San Diego area in 1967 and started a 35-year teaching and coaching career in the Grossmont Union High School District. During most of those years, Dick served as the head coach of both the cross-country and track & field teams for Granite Hills and El Capitan High Schools. Awards accumulated during his career include SDCIF co-coach of the year (T&F) and coach of the year (CC), Grossmont League coach of the year in both cross country and track and field, and State Meet Honor Coach (T&F) for San Diego County. Between the years of 1989 and 1997, El Capitan won seven T & F league championships in a row and 36 dual meets in a row, compiling a record of 59-3-2. In 2001 he was inducted into the El Capitan Sports Hall of Fame.
Carl Benton
Meritorious Achievement Award
Dr. Carl Benton, Professor Emeritus of San Diego State University, began his more than half century of meritorious service in 1948. It was at that time he was hired by San Diego State College to teach Physical Education and coach football and basketball. Retiring in 1983 from full time teaching, Dr. Benton continued as an adjunct professor through 2002. In 1987 he and Fred Bates founded the Volunteer Committee at the San Diego Hall of Champions. He was also instrumental in creating the prestigious San Diego High School Coaches Association and the San Diego High School Coaching Legends Award. Dr. Benton has received distinguished service awards from the local and state CAHPERD; San Diego Hall of Champions; San Diego State University School of Education; and the Sports Association of San Diego County, of which he is a past president and upon whose board he currently serves.
Augie Escamilla
Meritorious Achievement Award
Agustin Escamilla arrived in San Diego in the mid-forties to pursue the dream of a college education. He received his Bachelor’s in Physical Education from San Diego State and a Masters in Counseling. Augie then went on to spend seven years as the Athletic Director of the Boys’ Club of San Diego, another seven years at Memorial Junior High as the chairman of the Boys’ and Girls Physical Education Department, and ten years in the San Diego City Schools’ Health Services Department. Augie retired in 1989 after a final 21 years as the counselor at San Diego City College. Within athletics, track & field served as Augie’s principal passion. He served as the president of the San Diego Track club in 1968 and also worked as the field broadcaster for the CIF over the course of his career.
Don Clarkson
Meritorious Achievement Award – Posthumously
Don Clarkson contributed seventeen years of outstanding service to San Diego County High School athletics as the first commissioner of the San Diego Section C.I.F. from 1960 to 1976. Prior to his service as commissioner, Don served the county of San Diego as a highly regarded sports official in both football and basketball. He coached basketball at Point Loma High School in the 1940s and in 1948 became the first coach of both the San Diego City College basketball and baseball teams. In 1952, Clarkson advanced to become the Supervisor of Athletics for San Diego City Schools. Don’s services in both teaching and coaching for the San Diego Unified School District affected many young lives in a positive manner and have greatly benefited the community.
Posted on September 27, 2004 by San Diego Hall of Champions
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