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Football Staff from page 5
Engle’s overall football knowledge is on
par with that of a Division I head coach. His
offensive-minded skills have brought an added
dimension to El Segundo football. Shevlin says
that he’s learned so much about football and
life in general from Engle, who has been a
close friend and mentor.
Within every good football program is a
great defense that is also part of the recipe
for success. Dan Heck has been the defensive
coordinator for the past 11 seasons. Heck, who
was a quarterback at University of Kansas,
was also a standout shortstop in high school.
He was drafted out of Leuzinger High School
by the Braves.
Heck saw himself as a quarterback and
eventually made his way to Kansas after playing
at El Camino. After graduation, he landed
an assistant’s job back at El Camino where he
became the linebacker’s coach. Coach Heck
has developed one of the South Bay’s stingiest
defenses. In the past 33 games, the Eagles have
held teams to a total of 13.4 points per game.
Heck has authored this successful part of
the team, but he says the credit goes to the
players. “We’ve been fortunate to have some
great athletes come through here,” he said. He
added that many of the players he coaches,
like Jimmy Quinones, are most likely not to
play at a Division I school--but these players
compete with more heart than those who end
up at Division I schools.
When Shevlin started his head coaching job,
Jason Parker had been a part-time assistant
for a season or so. Twenty-five seasons later,
running back coach Jason Parker is an integral
part of the offense and someone his head coach
leans on for advice.
Parker was a standout running back in high
school and went on to play at Eastern Washington
University. He says that in an offense
that has had so much success throwing the
ball, some of the running backs in the system
have done pretty well too. He mentions Chris
Atmore (2005), who rushed for 2,040 yards and
28 TDs his senior year, as one of the hardest
working players. It’s hard to argue with Atmore’s
effort against a highly touted Torrance
team. All Atmore did was rush for 382 yards
and six touchdowns and make seven tackles.
Shevlin has no plans of stepping down
anytime soon--but when that time does come,
he’s hoping to hand his knowledge and team
over to Jeramie Stewart. Stewart, who coaches
From left, head coach Steve Shevlin, defensive backs coach Tyler Murray and defensive coordinator Dan Heck.
the offensive line, played for Shevlin as one
of his top linemen before graduating in1999.
He played at El Camino before moving on to
Portland State and then returning to help his
former coach 10 seasons ago.
Another line coach is Chris Doukakis. Doukakis,
who played for the Eagles in 2006, has
been regarded as one of Shevlin’s top centers.
He played at L.A. Harbor and finished up at
West Liberty State. This is Doukakis’ fifth year
with El Segundo after a year at Cal Lutheran
and one season at Thousand Oaks High School.
Jeff Puffer was a standout defensive lineman
for the Eagles in 1994. He took his talents to
UCLA where he was a linebacker. He has
been helping out coaching the Eagles defensive
line for the past 15 years to develop such top
players as Trevor Richter and Austin Kurke.
Joey Boulder, who is a Los Angeles County
Deputy, was a teammate with Puffer in 1994.
Boulder was the Eagles’ top running back and
also one of the team’s top defensive backs. He
went on to play linebacker and strong safety at
Columbia University and earn his degree before
joining the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
For the past 12 seasons, he has been helping
out the Eagles by coaching the secondary and
linebackers.
The Eagles’ defense has been one of the
top units in the South Bay. One reason is the
secondary has been so good. Tyler Murray, a
top running back and linebacker for Shevlin
on the ‘07 team, has been assisting with the
secondary for the past seven seasons. He splits
time between the varsity and JV teams working
with the secondary.
Of course, any good football program has
a feeder system in the way of lower-level
teams. The Eagle football family has a coaching
staff at the JV and frosh level as good as
many varsity staffs in the area. Darin Glotz is
a 2002 Eagle graduate and has been helping
out the program for 12 seasons and in is in
his fourth year as the JV head coach. Glotz
started coaching by assisting Shawn Green at
the soph/frosh level and over time assumed
more and more responsibilities.
Green has led the frosh/soph team to a number
of league titles and coached the future of
the Eagle program for the past 14 years or so.
His knowledge of the offense and defensive
systems in place has allowed the maturation
and development of players who have gone
on to success at the varsity level. He’s now
assisting Coach Glotz at the JV level.
When an opening for the freshman team
opened up three seasons ago, Mike Wagner-
-a standout on the 1988 team--was more than
willing to leave his position as the defensive
coordinator at Serra High School. He says his
assistant coaches make his job easy because
of their knowledge, passion for the game and
their commitment and loyalty to the program.
Rob McKenna is in his ninth year helping out
as an assistant coach with the freshman team.
He works with the line and special teams and
says he has really enjoyed watching the young
players improve. He points to former players
such as Connor Underwood, Tim Shartz and
Noah Bergren who were really coachable.
Seth McKenna was an all-league receiver and
defensive back for the Eagles who graduated
in 2013. He has been helping out for the past
four seasons where needed. This will be his
second season with the freshman team.
Paul Keiser is in his third season with the
freshman team and sixth season overall. He’ll
be working with the offense and defensive line.
When the season starts in two weeks, the
Eagles coaching staff that Coach Shevlin has
assembled will have figured out the recipe for
another winning season. •
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