South Hills football coach Steve Bogan staying put

By Fred Robledo on February 8, 2011 7:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) |

By Fred J. Robledo, Staff Writer
For those who don't know South Hills High School football coach Steve Bogan, his belief in God and involvement with the Christian church is a huge part of his life.
That's why it was no surprise Bogan was intrigued with the possibility of leaving South Hills for Maranatha, a Christian school in Pasadena with a highly touted sophomore quarterback in Andrew Elffers who could help the Minutemen compete for the Mid-Valley Division title over the next two years. But Bogan, who's been teaching at South Hills since 1985 and has won four CIF-Southern Section division titles since taking over as head football coach in 1992, decided to remain at South Hills after weighing his options over the weekend.

After Maranatha football coach Joel Murphy resigned last month, a mutual friend introduced Bogan to Maranatha officials, and the dialogue began.

Maranatha officials presented a good package and Bogan took a tour of the campus, but he told Maranatha officials Tuesday he would remain at South Hills.

Bogan said it was a difficult decision.

"It (Maranatha) did seem like a natural fit," Bogan said. "They're clearly about Christ, and that's the heartbeat of my life. It wasn't so much about football as it was what they stood for and our shared beliefs about developing young men and women.

"In terms of sports, they believe as I do that athletics is a big part of education. That's always been my philosophy at South Hills. If anything, the whole process gave me more of an appreciation of where I'm at and what I want to do."

9 Comments

Mike wiley said:

As a former student and player of Steve's I can assure you money had little to do with his decision to stay at one of the finest public high schools in the state South Hills. Coach was and I believe still is a man of god, a man of honesty and class. Im glad he stayed those kids and colleagues should be proud to have a man as such standing and leading them into battle. Coach always said "substance over style" go huskies M.Wiley

November 18, 2011 12:11 PM

Steve Hunter said:

Bogan "met with" Maranatha but was never actually offerred the job.

February 11, 2011 12:17 PM

just sayin' said:

didn't the "non-story" of Carmelo to the Lakers dominate absolutely every media source in the country yesterday, print, tv, or radio? Fred reported what ACTUALLY happened - Bogan met with Maranatha

February 9, 2011 7:59 PM

Steve Hunter said:

In other words its just another non story. How about reporting when something actually happens.

February 9, 2011 6:18 PM

tcbruin

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