Kicking Specialist

William Bennett is a freshman at LCC in 2010 who brings a large amount of football knowledge gained on NFL fields from a young age. His observation skills and understanding of technical details of the kicking and punting game will be a valuable addition to the Mavericks in 2010. He will be assisted this year by Darren Bennett, an 11 year NFL veteran as well as a mentor to many current NFL and NCAA players.

Freshmen Offensive/Defensive Line

This is Coach Becker's second year coaching for the LCC Mavericks. Previously, Damon coached football with LCC Pop Warner for 4 years and has over 11 years experience coaching youth sports in Encinitas and San Marcos. He was an All League football player at University City High School in San Diego and graduated in 1985. He attended San Diego Mesa College, San Diego State University and served in the U.S. Navy. Damon lives in Encinitas and works as a land surveyor and civil engineering designer. He and his wife, Dana, have 3 children, Ryan (13), Robbie (11) and Molly (8).

Freshmen Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks

Third year Freshman Offensive Coordinator with LCC Mavericks. He's a 1982 All League football player and a 1983 San Dieguito Mustangs graduate. Andy's a native of Cardiff and has been coaching all youth sports for over 27 years. Coach Brown is an involved School Board Member for the Cardiff School District. Andy and his wife, Krysti, are happily married living in Cardiff raising their three children. Devin, a '08 LCC graduate and former Maverick cheerleader, a junior in college. Dannii , a '10 LCC graduate and freshman in college, and Jake LCC incoming freshman football player. Andy dedicates his coaching to his brother Coach Darrin Brown.

JV Asst Head Coach / Offensive Coordinator / Offensive Backs

This season will be Patrick's 10th year as a Maverick coach. He graduated from San Dieguito High School in 1984 and earned "Mustang of the Year" in 1983. He is a graduate of USD, receiving a degree in Business Administration. Patrick heads up the Employee Benefit Department for Cavignac & Associates, a full service insurance agency serving San Diego County since 1993. Patrick and his wife, Diance, have three children, Sam (15), Michael (11), and Camella (10).

Varsity / JV Tight Ends / Offensive Floater

This is Coach Collatos' 5th year coaching the LCC Mavericks. Collatos has over 30 years of coaching experience at the high school level in northern Los Angeles and Ventura County. Nick graduated from Canoga Park High School and attended Cal State University Northridge. He is the circulation director for a medical publisher and has lived in Encinitas with his wife, Glenda, and three children for the past 9years.

Freshman Head Coach / Defensive Float

Coach Driver is a 4th generation San Diegian. He spent most of him life living in North county, where he also played, and coached football. He has a wife Rebecca and three children. Ryan, Jacob and Rechael . The eldest Ryan graduated from San Dieguito high school and is currently is a senior at Cal State San Marcos. Jacob attended LCC, were he played football and Lacrosse. Jacob now attends San Diego State, where he also plays football. Rachael is currently a senior at LCC and is a Varsity Cheer leader. Coach Driver is going on his 6th year of coaching and involvement with LCC and their football program .Prior to that he coached for San Dieguito Pop Warner(now LCC) for 8 years, and sat on their board for 5 He has been involved in all levels of football at LCC, but this year he will be head coaching freshman football. He has also served on the LCC foundation board, headed up the committee to rebuild the stadium and is heavily involved with the new Fitness center project..

Freshman Linebackers

Coach Bronson is in his first year as a freshmen football coach. He is a recent graduate of California State University San Marcos and majored in Mass Media, and he is an LCC alumni. Coach Gannon currently works at the YMCA in Encinitas; coaching flag football and doing camps. He played football all four years at La Costa and two years for coach Sovacool at Palomar Jr College. Coach Gannon is looking forward to working with the Maverick students and hopes he can help further their progression as an athlete and overall as a person.

Freshman Offensive Line

Ryan Gold returns to the sideline after four years. Ryan is entering his 9th year as a special education teacher at La Costa Canyon high School where he also serves as the site department chair as well as the District Coordinator for Special Education. Ryan also coaches freshmen baseball in the spring. He lives is Carlsbad with his wife Cassie his two girls Brooklyn (6), and Cammie (3), and dog Nestle.

JV Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator / Varsity Defensive Backs

Jeff Haviken, a La Costa Canyon alum, started his college career at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT where he played cornerback on the football team. He transferred to the University of San Diego where graduated in 2006 with a degree in Business Administration. This is Haviken's third season coaching with the Mavericks, working with the Freshman, JV, and Varsity during his tenure. He will be taking over the reigns as the Head coach and Defensive Coordinator for the Junior Varsity and coaching the Defensive Backs on the Varsity. He is the son of Jeff and Gwyn Krstich, and his brother Garrett, is a senior on the 2010 Varsity team. Haviken works as an Independent Contractor for a local promotional incentive firm. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, bodysurfing at the beach, and traveling when he has the time. He currently resides in downtown San Diego.

Varsity Offensive Line

Coach Henry is entering his 35th year of coaching. He will be working with the defensive linemen during the 2010 season. He is a native San Diegan and a 1971 graduate of Sweetwater High. Henry earned his degrees from Cal Sate Fullerton and San Diego State. He is married to Marina, a teacher at Westview HS in the Poway district and is the proud father of two girls-Rhiannon a graduate of CPSLO doing graduate work in Santa Cruz and Hannah an 8th grader at Oakcrest middle.

Freshmen Defensive Backs

This is Coach Maquet's 2nd year coaching at LCC. Previously, Mike has coached at the Pop Warner level for 6 years along with many years as a youth sports coach. Mike played football at Torrey Pines and graduated in 1976. Mike is a local General Contractor and enjoys surfing and doing community services. Mike and his wife Hana, have two children, Isaac (16) and Michelle (9).

Freshmen Offensive Backs

Coach McCormick was born and raised in North County San Diego. He attended San Dieguito High School where he played wide receiver. His football coaching experience includes assistant coach and head coach in the LCC Pop Warner program. He has been married for 21 years to his wife Laurie and they have a son David in the 9th grade. Coach McCormick completed the Arizona Ironman Triathalon in 2006. He currently teaches 4th grade at El Camino Creek Elementary and has a masters degree in education.

Linebackers

Adam Tenney was born in Oceanside, California and was raised in Carlsbad. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 2003 and played football at Northern Arizona University with Coach Sovacool the following year. He then went on to play at Palomar Junior College from 2004 until 2005. After Palomar, he finished his undergraduate studies at San Diego State University with a degree in Kinesiology. Adam obtained his single subject teaching credential in physical education at SDSU as well. This is Coach Tenney's first year coaching at LCC. He enjoys working out, camping and playing sports.

Varsity Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks

Coach Toney enters his first year on the La Costa Canyon staff with a wealth of football knowledge. Coach Toney, a graduate from Poway High School, will be running the offense and coaching the quarterbacks this fall season. He has coached at Poway High School, Fallbrook High School and most recently Palomar College where he was on the staff with head football coach Sean Sovacool. Coach Toney has experience coaching both sides of the football and is a professional well beyond his years. He is also a football clinician with the Football Coaches Professional Growth Association (FCPGA), and has spoken and or worked at over 50 clinics over the past several years, traveling around the country visiting various high schools and colleges working personally with FCGPA founder and coordinator Bill Williams. Patrick resides in Poway and enjoys cards, playing "corn-hole" and grooming his beard.

Freshmen Receivers

This is Jeff's first year on the Maverick staff. He graduated from La Costa Canyon where he played running back and wide receiver. Jeff attended the University of Arizona and received his undergraduate degree in Education. At the University of Arizona, he worked as an undergraduate assistant for Arizona special teams coordinator Jeff Hammerschmidt. Jeff's brother, Ryan, also played for the Mavericks. Jeff is currently pursuing his teaching credential and would like to teach math in the future.

Varsity / JV Offensive Line

Coach Wells owns a local real estate firm, KevinWellsSells.com, through which he works as a real estate agent and investor. He and his wife, Marilyn, have three children Whitney (Class of '08), Nicole ('11), and Roman ('13)-Mavericks all. Roman plays on the Mavericks football team. Kevin graduated from Northglenn High School in Colorado in 1984 where he was an All-State and All-American lineman for the Norse football team. Wells attended San Diego State University from 1984-1989 as an Economics major and played center for the Aztecs football team. At SDSU, he was a four-year letter winner, team captain, and two-time member of the All-American team. Prior to his senior year, "Sporting News" voted Wells the Nation's "Top Center." He was the starting center of the 1986 Aztec Championship/Holiday Bowl team. Wells signed with the Denver Broncos in 1989 where he played until being forced to retire due to shoulder injuries. Kevin serves on the La Costa Canyon HS Foundation Board of Directors and is President of the San Diego State Aztec Football Legacy Board of Directors, a chapter of SDSU's Alumni Association. This is his 3rd year as a coach at LCC.

Varsity Offensive Backs

Chris Williams joined the La Costa Canyon Mavericks in April 2010. In his 2nd season as a high school coach, Williams will be the running backs coach, and help coordinate the returners on special teams. The new mavericks assistant came to LCC after serving a season in 2008 as a running backs, and defensive backs coach at his allum El Camino High School in Oceanside, California. During Williams playing days at El Camino he became only the 2nd running back in school history to rush for over 2000 yards in a single season and still holds a school record 308 yards and 6 touchdowns in a playoff game. After graduating El Camino, Williams went on to enjoy a successful collegiate career at Palomar college. In his 2nd year of his 2 year stint at Palomar Williams went on to rush for over a 1000 yards in a very crowed backfield. From that season Williams was rewarded with a scholarship to attend San Jose State University were he majored in Sociology. Williams is currently pursuing a degree in Sports Psychology with aspirations to pursue coaching as a lifetime job

Varsity / JV Receivers

This is Coach Young's 4th year with the Mavericks. He has coached Pop Warner for 11 years and has recently acquired his BA in History for a new career in teaching and coaching Mavericks football. Young is married to his high school sweetheart, Bridgette, and they have 3 children - Cannon (20), Caleb (14), and Eden (8).

Cheer Coach

Kristen Iniguez aka "Miss Tex" is the new Head Varsity Cheer Coach at La Costa Canyon. Miss Tex has over 15 years of cheer and dance experience and over 10 years of coaching experience. She is a certified NCA Coach (National Cheerleaders Association) and a certified NCA Judge. She is also AACCA certified (American Association of Cheerleading Coaches & Administrators) and a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. Miss Tex is thrilled to be working with the cheer squad! Go Mavs!

Head Athletic Trainer

Samantha Villa, MS, ATC, LAT Sam grew up in San Jose, California and played high school and college soccer. She also played softball, tennis, ran cross country and track, and grew up skiing and snowboarding. The sports she played and the injuries she incurred sparked her interest in the physical therapy/athletic training field. Sam graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Kinesiology in 2002, and worked at the YMCA for a few years as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor. She was certified as an athletic trainer (ATC) in 2004 and began her first athletic training job as the Head ATC for Alliant International University. In 2005, she was also hired as the Assistant Athletic Trainer at San Diego City College and was primarily responsible for the sports medicine care for men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, and baseball. While at City College, she also worked as the ATC for the San Diego Siege WNBL Basketball team. In 2007, Sam was offered a 2-year graduate assistant athletic training position at the University of Northern Colorado, where she earned her Master's of Science degree in Sport and Exercise Science. In 2009, she moved to Georgia to take the Assistant Athletic Training position at Mercer University, working primarily with the Women's Basketball and Men's Soccer teams. Sam's athletic training philosophies are to provide athletes with the highest quality care in sports medicine, to ensure safe and swift return to play, and to maintain close communication with athletes, coaches, and physicians. She is very excited to be at La Costa Canyon, and look forward to an exciting, successful, and healthy year!