It's probably an unrealistic and improbable 2022 honor at this point but is there a better candidate for Central Coast Section Coach of the Year than South San Francisco High School's Frank Moro? This guy, a longtime public school teacher/coach, has produced a rather stunning turnaround at SSF. There was no varsity football program there in 2021. A parade of inadequate walk-on coaches, combined with demographic changes within the student body, administrative indifference, a pandemic and other negative factors, had gutted the program dramatically. Moro, a former head coach there (and still on the faculty), agreed to return to the sidelines and to attempt a resurrection. He inherited a 24-game losing streak and a small, inexperienced roster. The Warriors lost their first two games this fall and have now won three of their last four. Yes, those wins have occurred against fragile programs within the expanded PAL. But previous coaches were unable to pull off victories against similar minimal opposition. Moro has. He has kept the program alive. Coach of the Year nominees typically hail from heavyweight programs. SSF is not in that category (it was at one time, though, way back when). Moro's work is not going to get headlines. The Warriors compete within the PAL's new, expanded eight-team Lake Division, a C league which was created to preserve failing programs from the PAL and the neighboring SCVAL. Moro has shown how successful that move can be. No, SSF will not be scheduling Los Gatos, Salinas or Serra anytime soon, if ever. But at least the program has survived. Credit Moro for that.
Frank Moro: A true teacher/coach
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He may or may not be "great," but he is competent, experienced and organized. And he has performed a needed service to his school and community.
Once upon a time newspapers had time to write human-interest stories like this. Now the writers take video and post on social media and make endless lists and do prediction shows where they lament about the playoff structure and don't have that much time to craft feature stories.
Thanks for sharing. It is always good to hear stories like this. There is a lot of focus on the top 1-2% of HS football (I'm guilty of that), but there are a lot of stories of teams and players who are breaking their glass ceiling and that might mean going from winless to a couple wins or 3 wins to making the playoffs and losing in the first round.
