Former Saddleback High Coach to Again Lead Football Program

Not since 2015, the peak of Rob Thompson’s initial coaching stint, has the high school enjoyed a winning season.

Rob Thompson, former athletic director and football coach at Saddleback High School, speaks to the players at a game. Mr. Thompson is returning as football coach this year. Courtesy of Rob Thompson

Labeling it “probably the hardest coaching job in Orange County,” Rob Thompson is embracing the daunting task of restoring respectability to a Saddleback High School football program fresh off a winless season.

Mr. Thompson certainly knows of what he speaks, having previously coached the Roadrunners from 2011–16. He served the past seven years as athletic director at the school in Santa Ana, California, where soccer is the first sports love for many youngsters.