accept the head coaching position at Orange Lutheran<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThis job\u2019s been open only once in my lifetime,\u201d Schoonmaker said. \u201cI had to take a shot at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Barnes served as Los Alamitos\u2019 head coach from 1979 to 2015 and Fenton had been the coach since Barnes\u2019 departure.<\/p>\n
Schoonmaker was an assistant coach at Santa Ana for six seasons before being promoted to head coach. Schoonmaker also has worked as an assistant coach at Santa Ana College and Canyon.<\/p>\n
He played football at Huntington Beach High, then at Santa Ana College and Graceland College in Iowa.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I played played high school football and playing in the Sunset League, Los Alamitos has always been the pinnacle of high school football,\u201d Schoonmaker said.<\/p>\n
El Segundo this past season finished 8-3 overall and 3-1 in the Ocean League. The Eagles lost to Calabasas, 31-24, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 7 playoffs.<\/p>\n
In the fall, the Alpha League grows from being a four-team league the past two seasons to a six-team league. The league\u2019s teams are Edison, Los Alamitos, Mission Viejo, San Clemente, San Juan Hills and Yorba Linda.<\/p>\n
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