Varsity Coaching Staff

Head Coach

 

Tom Crawford - 21st Season

Overall Record: 146-94-1

Email: tcrawford@bishopdiego.org

Bio: TBD

 

 

Assistant Coaches

 

Grady Stretz 

Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line

Bio: TBD

 

Aaron Skinner (class of 2008)

Wide Receivers / Defensive Backs

Email: askinner@bishopdiego.org

Bio: This will be Coach Skinner’s first year back coaching football at Bishop Diego HS since 2012. Coach Skinner was named the Athletic Director at Bishop Diego on July 1st, 2020. A native of Carpinteria, CA, Coach Skinner received All-CIF-SS recognition as a running back, Defensive League MVP, and Santa Barbara County MVP while helping lead Bishop to its second ever CIF-SS Finals game in 2007. In 2008, he became a Student Assistant Coach for the University of Oregon football team, spending his first year on offense assisting with the QBs under Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly and his second year on defense assisting with Linebackers under Defensive Coordinator Nick Aliotti. Following his time at Oregon, he coached at both Marist High School in Eugene, OR in 2010, and then returned home to coach at Bishop for the 2012 season where the two teams had a combined record of 24-2, with an Oregon State Finals appearance and a CIF-SS Semi-Finals appearance respectively. In 2014, Coach Skinner started coaching at West Linn HS in West Linn, OR, where over the course of 6 years, the team had a combined record of 60-16. In 2015, West Linn finished as the State Runner-Up in Division 6A, and the following year, went undefeated, resulting in an Oregon 6A State Championship. At West Linn, Coach Skinner was the Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers Coach and Running Backs Coach.

John Hazelton

Offensive Line / Defensive Backs

Bio: John Hazelton is entering his 12th season at Bishop Diego, coaching the Offensive Line every season, along with sharing duties coaching the Defensive Backs. Coach Haze was the Defensive Coordinator for Bishop’s historic 2017 CIF & State Title team, as well as in 2018. Prior to joining Tom Crawford at Bishop, John was Carpinteria High’s Head Coach, from ‘03-‘08, leading the Warriors to the 2003 CIF Semi-Final. John was the Defensive Coordinator, and O Line Coach for the Warriors undefeated 2002 CIF Title squad. Prior to that he coached O.Line/Secondary ‘00-‘01. John spent 14 seasons over different spans at Montclair Prep in Van Nuys. He was Defensive Coordinator and Head Coach as part of three CIF Championships. Coach Hazelton, who grew up in Los Angeles, also coached at L A City powerhouse programs Crenshaw and Banning. Coach Haze also coached in the college arena at USC. as a Graduate Assistant, and as Defensive Coordinator at Los Angeles Valley College.

Steve Robles (class of 1981)

Running Backs / Linebackers

 

 

 

 

Larry Urzua (class of 1993)

Defensive Line

Thomas Lash (class of 2014)

Linebackers

 

 

 

 

 

Nick Lensander (class of 2012)

Tight Ends / Special Teams

 

Mick Luckhurst

Special Teams

Bio: TBD

 

  

 

 

JV Coaching Staff

Head Coach

Abel Gonzalez (class of 2015)

Email: abelgonzalez@bishopdiego.org

 

Assistant Coaches

 

Ricky Herrera (class of 2014)

 

Adrian Guillen (class of 2018)

 

John Eck

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Varsity Football Schedule

 

JV Football Schedule

Championships

 

State Championships

2017 - Division 3AA

Regional Championships

2017 - Division 3AA

CIF-SS Championships

2017 - Division 6

CIF-SS Runner-Up

2007 - Mid-Valley Division

1992 - Division IX

CIF-SS Semi-Finalist

2015 - Northern Division

2013 - Northwest Division

2012 - Northwest Division

2011 - Mid-Valley Division

2006 - Mid-Valley Division

League Championships

1970, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2020/21*

*2020/21 Spring Season due to COVID-19

 

Awards

 

All-American

Jack Luckhurst (2017) - Maxpreps 1st Team Junior All-American (Punter)

 

All-Decade Team (State of CA)

Jack Luckhurst (2010-2019) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team All-Decade Team (Punter)

 

All-State

Jordon Tagaloa (2020/2021) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Medium Schools All-State (Offensive Line)

Zach "Buddy" Melgoza (2020/2021) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team Medium Schools All-State (Defensive Back)

Marcus Chan (2020/21) - CalHi Sports 3rd Team Junior All-State (Multi-Purpose)

Jordon Tagaloa (2018) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Sophomore All-State (Offensive Line)

Jack Luckhurst (2018) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team Medium Schools All-State (Punter)

Jack Luckhurst (2017) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Medium Schools All-State (Punter)

John Harris (2017) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Medium Schools All-State (Multi-Purpose)

Ashton Borgeson (2017) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team Medium Schools All-State (Linebacker)

Dylan Streett (2017) - CalHi Sports 3rd Team Medium Schools All-State (Defensive Back)

Ashton Borgeson (2016) - CalHi Sports 3rd Team Junior All-State (Linebacker)

John Harris (2015) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team Sophomore All-State (Defensive Back)

Nolan Tooley (2013) - Maxpreps 1st Team Division IV All-State (Defensive Line)

Christian Pearson (2013) - Maxpreps 1st Team Division IV All-State (Linebacker)

Anthony Carter (2013) - Maxpreps 1st Team Division IV All-State (Defensive Back) and CalHi Sports 1st Team Small Schools All-State (Multi-Purpose)

Joseph Salcedo (2013) - Maxpreps 2nd Team Division IV All-State (Offensive Line) and CalHi Sports 1st Team Small Schools All-State (Offensive Line)

Anthony Carter (2012) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team Medium Schools All-State (Multi-Purpose)

Thomas Renick (2011) - Maxpreps 1st Team Division IV All-State (Defensive Line)

Brandon Gonzalez (2011) - Maxpreps 2nd Team Division IV All-State (Running back)

Gabe Sanchez (1994) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Small Schools All-State (Defensive Back)

Thor Schmidt (1993) - CalHi Sports 2nd Team All-State (Defensive Line)

Thor Schmidt (1993) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Small Schools All-State (Defensive Line)

Thor Schmidt (1992) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Underclass All-State (Defensive Line)

Thor Schmidt (1992) - CalHi Sports 1st Team Small Schools All-State (Defensive Line)

 

CIF-SS Player of the Year

John Harris (2017) - Division 6 Offensive Player of the Year

Ashton Borgeson (2017) - Division 6 Co-Defensive Player of the Year

 

Coach of the Year Awards

Tom Crawford (2017) - CIF-SS Division 6 Coach of the Year

Tom Crawford (2015) - CalHi Sports Small Schools State Coach of the Year

Name	Year Graduated	School Attended
Adrian Soracco	2020	Northern Arizona
Jack Luckhurst	2019	Arizona State
Mark Vehslage	2019	Michigan Tech
Isaiah Morones	2019	Buena Vista
John Harris	2018	Columbia
Isaiah Veal	2018	College of Idaho
Jacob Songer	2018	San Jose State
Mitch Heller	2018	University of Idaho
Harrison Wilkinson	2017	New Mexico Highlands
AV Bennett	2016	UCLA
Matthew Shotwell	2016	Cal Poly (SLO)
Michael Soracco	2016	Illinois State
Abel Gonzalez	2015	Humboldt State
Nolan Tooley	2014	UC Davis
Anthony Carter	2014	Linfield College
Joseph Salcedo	2014	San Diego State
Christian Pearson	2014	Cal Lutheran
BJ Murillo	2014	Cal Lutheran
Thomas Lash	2014	Utah / UTEP
Nicholas Lensander	2012	University of Connecticut
Art Gonzalez	2009	Cal Poly (SLO)
RJ Escamilla	2009	La Verne
Christian Winnewisser	2008	La Verne
Christopher Horner	2008	Colorado School of Mines
Tucker Stein	2007	Redlands
Kevin Duley	2007	Humboldt State
Josh Kohansamad	2007	Lewis and Clarke
Scott Winnewisser	2007	Cal Poly (SLO) / New Orleans Saints
Michael Gross	2007	Humboldt State
Chris Olvera	2003	New Mexico State
Nick Batastini	2003	Western Washington
David Elmerick	2002	Colorado State
Ivan Watts	2002	Occidental College
Matthew Capritto	2000	La Verne / Tulane
Philip Faulding	2000	La Verne
Rocky Tremblay	1999	Cal State Northridge
Ben Ewing	1998	Nevada
Joey Stupar	1998	Humboldt State
Ruben Gomez	1997	Cal State Northridge
Clay Murdy	1997	Wake Forest
Brian Elmerick	1996	Air Force
Jeff Restivo	1996	Army
Rand Holdren	1996	Southern Methodist
Doug Cummings	1995	UCLA
Greg Van Wyk	1994	Saint Mary's
Manuel Marquez	1994	Cal State Northridge
Carlos Madrigal	1994	Cal State Northridge
Thor Schmidt	1994	Northwestern
David Medina	1994	Saint Mary's
Mike Hayes	1994	Shippensburg
Troy Tremblay	1994	Shippensburg
Larry Urzua	1993	Cal State Northridge
Richie Donati	1992	Fresno State
Rodney Shull	1982	Stanford
Steve Robles	1981	San Diego State
Edward Vazquez	1977	Purdue
Steve Swiacki	1977	Humboldt State
Chris McLaughlin	1973	Humboldt State
Martin Herrera	1972	Redlands
Ed Fink	1972	San Jose State
Tim Cashman	1972	Washington State
Chris Haake	1972	Oregon
Laird Riffle	1972	Oregon
Ben Silva	1972	Colorado
Tim Tremblay	1971	Wake Forest
Vic Batastini	1971	Cal State Northridge
Don Padilla	1971	University of the Pacific
Pat McLaughlin	1971	Notre Dame
John Tremblay	1970	Colorado
John Raffertto	1969	University of San Francisco
Mark Pahler	1969	Cal Poly (SLO)
Tom Montross	1968	University of San Francisco