Casey Mazzotta is set to begin his fifth season as the head coach here at Mt. San Jacinto College. Last season the Eagles finished with a 6-4 record and were second in the Mountain Conference with a 4-1 mark.
Mazzotta spent the previous six years at Fullerton Community College. The last five seasons at Fullerton Casey was the defensive coordinator for the Hornets. Casey’s resume also includes five years as a head high school coach at Bellflower and Foothill High Schools. In his five years leading those two programs Coach Mazzotta’s teams qualified for the CIF play-offs each season.
While at Fullerton, Casey’s defensive unit was one of the most feared in Southern California. In Coach Mazzotta’s first season as defensive coordinator for the Hornets his defensive unit posted a shutout in their opening game of the season. During that same season his defense allowed the fewest points by a Fullerton team in 12 years. Coach Mazzotta has a history of preparing student athletes for the next level and has sent many players on to the Division I level. The Hornets played in bowl games four of the final five years Mazzotta was there. During his tenure at Fullerton Coach Mazzotta also served as the team’s recruiting coordinator.
Coach Mazzotta’s playing career began at Tustin High School, where he was an All City defensive stand out. Coach Mazzotta played community college football at Cerritos College where he was coached by his father Frank who is entering his 31st season at the school. Casey has always been from a football family and his brother Frank Jr. is currently the head coach at La Habra High School. Following his graduation from Cerritos Casey received a scholarship to Brigham Young University where he played the final two years of his college career under Coach Lavelle Edwards. Coach Mazzotta earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from BYU and later his masters in kinesiology from Azusa Pacific University.
Coach Mazzotta and his wife Carrie reside in Hemet and have four children; Casey Jr., Connor, Carson, and Camille.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Defensive Backs: Gene Ramsey
Gene Ramsey returns for his second season on the Eagles staff after spending 2009 at Citrus College where two of his defensive backs recieved Division I scholarships. Coach Ramsey is also the strength and conditioning coach for the Eagles. Gene spent five seasons at Paloma Valley High where he helped head coach Bert Esposito resurrect the program from an 0-10 season to four time Sunbelt Conference Champions. Gene was a personal trainer before beginning his coaching career.
In High school Gene played at Perris high where he became the third ranked wide reciever in California and earned a scholarship to Idaho State University. Gene later transferred to Cal State Northridge in 2002. Gen played for the LA Avengers of the Arena Football Leauge in 2006. Currently Gene lives in Perris and is the father of one daughter Ariana.
Running Backs: Jeremiah Budnovich
Coach Budnovich starts his second season coaching at MSJC after a career both as a community college player and former United States Marine. JEremiah was the first 1,000 yard rusher in Jurupa Valley High history and earned All Mountain League honors as a senior. After Jurupa, Jeremiah went on to play one season at Chaffey College before joining the Marine Corps. After earning All Marine football status, Coach Bob Turley recruited Jeremiah to play his second season of community college football here at MSJC under then head coach and current defensive coordinator Gregg Shaw. Before joining the staff at MSJC jeremiah also worked as a railroad engineer. Jeremiah has been married to wife Laura for 8 years and they have one daughter Roxanne.
Wide Recievers: Sekou Yansane
Coach Yanssane is a native of the West African country of Guinea and grew up in Maryland where he was a 3 sport stand out athlete in high school. Ultimately he wnet on to excel both academically and athletically at Lehigh University where he was a two time member of the Patriot League Football All Academic Honor Roll. He also shined on the football field where he led the Mountain Hawks in recieving his last two seasons. Sekou also earned the 2009 Mid Atlantic National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCSA) Academic Momentum Award. The award is presented to top student-athletes who have demonstrated significant academic improvement throughought their collegiate career. Sekou earned his bachelor's degree in sociology.
Quarterbacks: Ryan Marshall
Ryan Marshall begins his second year on the MSJC coaching staff this season and will be responsible for working with Eagles quarterbacks. Prior to his arrival at MSJC, Ryan spent three seasons in the same capacity at West Torrance High School where he also played. Ryan and his wife Bethany have three children.
Defensive Line: Andy Boynton
Coach Boynton brings a wealth of experience to the Eagles staff including 19 seasons as a head varsity high school coach. Andy spent 14 seasons as the head coach at Hemet High School where he still teaches. Prior to his arrival at Hemet, Andy was the head coach at Duarte High for 3 seasons and at St. Francis High for two years. Coach Boynton also spent 7 seasons as an assistant at both the high schol and college level prior to his stint at St. Francis.
As a player Andy was a standout offensive lineman at Crescenta High School, where he earned 1st Team All LA Times honors. After two seasons of community college football at Diablo Valley Andy went on to finish his playing career at St. Mary's College. Andy and his wife Connie have a son Stephen who currently attends U.C. Berkley.
Defensive Coordinator/DB's Coach-Gregg Shaw
Coach Shaw’s association with MSJC goes back to 1980. The Riverside native spent 19 years as an assistant for the Eagles before taking over the program as head coach for four seasons from 2000-2003. As the head coach, Gregg led the Eagles to two bowl games including a victory in the 2001 Chips for Kids Bowl. MSJC defeated Long Beach City College 21-14. Gregg has also coached a variety of other sports during his time at MSJC. He has served as the head women’s basketball coach, an assistant men’s basketball coach and still serves as an assistant to Steve Alonzo and the Eagles baseball program. Coach Shaw also is the equipment manager for the MSJC athletic department. Gregg and his wife Mary have five children; Candace Bean, Mickey Schug, Lynette Rushton, Gregg Shaw Jr., and Kyle Shaw.
Kicking Game Coach-Bob Hulberg
Coach Hulberg is not only a coach on the Eagles staff, but is a former Eagle himself. Bob was an All American punter, for MSJC before continuing his college career at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Hulberg who was among the nation’s leaders in yards per punt has been working with the Eagles punters and kickers for the past seven seasons.
Offensive Line: Tim Morovick
Coach Morovick graduated from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower in 1985. He went on to attende Cerritos Community College where he played football for Coach Frank Mazzotta and recieved a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa. Tim then recieved his teaching credential from Cal State San Bernardino and National University. Morovick had been a special education teacher for 14 years in various school districts throughout the Inland Empire. Currently he teaches at Tahquitz High SChool and is also the Head wrestling coach and assistant Varsity baseball coach.
Morovick has coached football at the high school and college levels for 21 years. He has been an offensive line coach in each of those years and also been an offesnsive coordinator. Over 30 players that have been coached by Morovick have earned college scholarships. Tim's mentor Mike Merkle was his offensive line coach at Cerritos College. Tim is married to Jackie and they have two sons; Tim and Drew.