By Ed Piper
La Jolla High's football team is experiencing its biggest turnover in personnel under head coach Tyler Roach in the last couple of years.
Besides Randy Cowell, former Valley Center long-time assistant (20 years), as the Vikings' Defensive Coordinator this season, Max Martinez will take over coaching the defensive line and special teams.
Kicking/punting coach Kevin Hurt, former star at Ole Miss who groomed kicker Evan Martin (Class of 2024), moved back to his hometown in New Jersey since last season.
Hurt's son, Kyle Hurt, was a standout pitcher at Torrey Pines High and is recovering from Tommy John surgery in the Dodgers' organization. The young Hurt has been on Los Angeles' 40-man roster while he recovers from the major arm procedure.
Before games on the sidelines, he would share with a reporter current photos of his son's World Series ring, his locker in the clubhouse, and so forth.
Kevin Hurt brought a wealth of kicking/punting knowledge, and sports competitiveness in general.
A new academic advisor will be named, according to Roach, following the retirement of Jane Medrano, an English teacher on campus who invested quite a bit into the football program. She knew individual players and their strengths and weaknesses personally from guiding them in their academic work. She will also be sorely missed.
Her son, Max Medrano, was an assistant coach at LJHS in 2017. He played football at Cathedral Catholic.
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