Marijon Ancich

Marijon Ancich
Biographical details
Born1937
Yugoslavia
Died(2018-12-08)December 8, 2018
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Alma materCal Poly (1961)
Azusa Pacific (1980)
Playing career
1958–1961Cal Poly
Position(s)Fullback, defensive back, linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1960Saint Paul HS (assistant)
1961–1981Saint Paul HS (CA)
1982Northern Arizona (OC)
1984–1992Tustin HS (CA)
1993–2005Saint Paul HS (CA)
2006-2007Cerritos (DC)
2008Villa Park HS (CA) (assistant)
2009–2012Saint Paul HS (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall360–134–4
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 national (1971)
2 California: (1968, 1972)
3 CIF-SS (1968, 1972, 1981)[1][2]
Awards
National Sports News Service National High School Football Coach of the Year (1981)[3]
Los Angeles Times Orange County Coach of the Year (1990)[4]
National High School Hall of Fame (1999)
NFL/KABC High School Coach of the Year Award (2000)[5][6][7]
Cal Poly SLO Hall of Fame (2004)[8]
San Pedro Sports Walk of Fame Trani Award (2004)[9]
American Red Cross Hometown Heroes Meaningful Mentor (Rio Hondo chapter, 2012)

Marijon Ancich (1937 – December 8, 2018) was an American football coach. Known as the "John Wooden of (American) high school coaches"[10] and often called the Dean of high school coaches,[11] he is the second-winningest high school football coach in California history[12][13] with a record of 360–134–4, behind Bob Ladouceur of De La Salle High School in Concord, California with 399 wins. In his long career, Ancich's teams won three CIF titles, two California state titles and 19 league championships.[14][15][16]

  1. ^ National Championship
  2. ^ Andich Nat'l Title
  3. ^ 1981 Coach of the Year
  4. ^ LA Times Coach of the Year 1990
  5. ^ Coach Ancich honored by US Congress
  6. ^ "Ancich NFL/KABC Coach of the Year". Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
  7. ^ [Ancich honored with NFL/KABC High School Coach of the Year Award]
  8. ^ Cal Poly SLO HoF
  9. ^ Walk of Fame
  10. ^ Wooden of HS Sports
  11. ^ Dean of Coaches Archived 2013-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Second-winningest coach in California history
  13. ^ "The Nation's Best Football Coaches From A-Z - MaxPreps News". Maxpreps.com. August 18, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  14. ^ Anich career
  15. ^ SoCal Coaches list of most wins
  16. ^ "List of winningest coaches" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2013.