MARC POPOVICH
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Now the longest tenured and winningest head coach in San Clemente High School Boys Basketball history, Marc Popovich is in his tenth season at the helm. The Tritons have made the CIF Playoffs in each of the last eight years under Popovich.
In 2013, the Tritons won the Sea View League title; the school’s first league title since 1975 and only the second league title in school history. Since then, the Tritons have captured back to back South Coast League Championships in 2015 and 2016. Prior to being named the Tritons' leader, Popovich spent five seasons as the JV Head Coach and varsity assistant at Tesoro High School, where he helped lead the program to two league titles and four consecutive playoff berths. He is an alumnus of San Clemente High School, Kansas State University and Cal State Fullerton, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in history and his teaching credential in social science. |
Coach Popovich began his coaching career in 2001 as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team at Saddleback College, where for one year he got to coach with his father, Steve Popovich, the legendary former Marina High School head coach.
Coach Popovich embraces the philosophy of playing “hard, smart, and together,” and enjoys using the game of basketball to teach life lessons to his players. He currently teaches World History and AP United States History at SCHS. Besides educating the youth of America, he enjoys attending live sporting events, going to the movies and hanging out with friends and family. Popovich and his wife, Kristin, live in San Clemente with their two children - Sydney, age 5, and Mila, 3. |