9:37 am, Mar 31st, 2011
Scott Meyer said Corona del Mar High will introduce him as the new head football coach this afternoon on campus.
Meyer, who was an assistant coach at Long Beach Wilson last season, was the head coach at Long Beach Jordan from 2004-09. In his fifth year at the helm, he turned a struggling Long Beach Jordan program into a competitive one in the tough Moore League.
Meyer, who in 2008 led the Panthers to the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Division playoffs, their only postseason appearance under Meyer, takes over a CdM program that has reached the Southern Division semifinals twice in the past three seasons.
Meyer went 21-39-1 overall and 11-25 in league. Meyer’s best season was three years ago, when he guided Long Beach Jordan to a record of 7-4, 4-2 in league, a share of second place in league, and the Pac-5 Division playoffs, considered the toughest in the state.
Meyer replaces Jason Hitchens, who stepped down in January after three seasons because he said he wanted to spend more time with his family.
In his final season, Hitchens helped the Sea Kings go unbeaten in Pacific Coast League play, resulting in the program’s first outright league crown in 22 years. Hitchens fell short of getting CdM (10-2-1, 4-0-1 in league) past the semifinals, where the Sea Kings lost to Beckman, 24-3.
Hitchens finished with a 24-11-1 overall record and twice posted 10-win seasons.
The CdM job will be Meyer’s second as a varsity head coach. He served six years as an assistant at Lakewood, four at Long Beach Wilson and one at St. Anthony of Long Beach.
Last season, Meyer joined Long Beach Wilson as an assistant because his son, Nick, was a freshman at the school and played football. As the defensive coordinator, Meyer helped the Bruins qualify for the Pac-5 Division playoffs, where they lost to top-seeded Mission Viejo, 63-34, in the first round.
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