Former San Dimas football coach Bill Zernickow is making a major move.
Zernickow, who headed the Saints program for a decade, has accepted the head job at Tualatin High School in Oregon, which is just Southwest of Portland.
Zernickow, 41, directed his teams to an 87-37 mark in his tenure with four Valle Vista League titles and two CIF championships. He was the Daily Bulletin Coach of the Year in 2013, the last time his team won it all.
He’ll be taking over a program that went 0-9 a year ago and competes in the 6A division, the highest in that state. His first priority will be starting spring practice, something the school has never done.
“It’s going to be adventure,” he said. “Sometimes you take a leap of faith knowing God is leading you in the right direction.”
He already has some grandiose plans. He would eventually like to bring a team back to Southern California for a game, preferably against a Baseline League school but first he plans to try and get a game in Hawaii.
Several parents of students in the school was well as some alumni have connections to Nike that also might come in handy.
“I’d like to do something really cool with uniforms,” he chuckled.
Zernickow, a resident of Rancho Cucamonga, will officially make the move in April.
