Popular California high school football coach speaks out after announcing being fired
Coronado (Calif.) is coming off a 6-4 season where they made the California CIF’s San Diego postseason and won a team sportsmanship award. Now Islanders have decided to move on from their head football coach.
Kurt Hines announced on his X page via a video that he has been fired as Coronado’s head football coach. The Islanders ended up losing 35-14 to La Jolla Country Day in the opening round of the California CIF San Diego Section Division IV playoffs.
“Wow, probably shouldn’t be doing this video right now. But as you can see, I clearly just got fired. No April Fools. No joke,” Hines said in video.
“We had a decent season this year—went 6-4, made the playoffs. Nine years here at Coronado… blood, sweat, tears, praying day and night for those [kids]. Been blessed to coach in my time here at Coronado—for coaches, managers, trainers, everyone involved in football. It has been an honor [and] a blessing. My 28th year of coaching just wrapped up. I’ll be okay. Yes, I’ll land up somewhere else.”
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Hines took over the Coronado football program in 2017 and went 56-50 in his nine seasons at the helm of the Islanders. Coronado under the watch of Hines ended up reaching the California playoffs every season for the exception of 2020 where the program only played five games due to the pandemic.
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