Mitch Olson, who coached Kennedy football for 21 seasons and Loara football for six seasons, is the new football coach at Fountain Valley.
Fountain Valley announced the hiring of Olson on Monday.
He replaces David Gutierrez, who resigned as Fountain Valley’s coach after this past season. The Barons went 1-9 overall and 0-5 in the Foxtrot League.
Olson, 64, said Fountain Valley again can have the winning football program it had years ago.
“What’s intriguing about it is the opportunity’s that’s there,” said Olson who met with Fountain Valley players on Monday. “Everybody I talked to said this is a phenomenal place and what I saw told me that is correct. The kids I met today are eager and ready to go.”
Olson resigned as coach at Loara after the 2020 season. Olson was the Laguna Beach flag football coach in 2023 and an assistant coach for Laguna Beach football. He spent a couple of years coaching high school football in Georgia between his time at Kennedy and at Loara.
His Kennedy teams won eight league championships and in 2006 won a CIF-SS title.
Olson said his coaching staff will include Ed Pleasant, who played for Olson at Kennedy and went on to an NFL career, and former Laguna Hills and Segerstrom coach Mike Maceranka. Pleasant will coach linebackers and defensive backs and Maceranka will be assistant head coach.
Olson was a three-sport star at Los Alamitos and played pro football in Finland and was a pitcher in the Chicago White Sox system.
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