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Paul Doherty Succeeds Cosbie as Head Football Coach

Date Posted: Thursday Apr 29, 2010

 

 

CONTACT:             Faye Lawrence                                                                                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                916.649.7925                                                                                                      February 21, 2010
                                flawrence@sthopepublicschools.org                                                             
 
 
NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT SAC HIGH
 
Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Charter High School has hired Paul Doherty as the new Head Varsity Football Coach.
 
"I am both honored and humbled to accept the role and responsibilities of the Head Football Coaching Position at Sacramento High School.   We have very high expectations for the upcoming season and a solid group of returning players,” said Coach Paul Doherty.
 
 “We have chosen Paul to be our next Head Football Coach because of his dedication to the kids and the program, his endless energy, and his knowledge of the game.  We are looking forward to this next football season where Paul will take them to the next level,” said Justin Gatling Sac High’s Athletic Director. 
 
Doherty moved to Sacramento in March 2006 to revive Sac High’s defunct football program and install a world class weightlifting program. In four years Dragon Weightlifters have won eleven National Championships both boys and girls at the 13, 15, 17 and 20-under age groups. Weightlifters from Sac High have represented Team USA at over a dozen international competitions ranging from the Pan Am Championships to the Youth and Junior World Championships. This program has allowed Sac High Weightlifters to travel to Thailand, Romania, Peru, Canada, Mexico and Chile, all while representing their country. Most notably, Sac High first team All-Metro football grads Keylin Mackey and Donavan Ford earned acceptance into the highly select US OTC (United States Olympic Training Center) Resident Athlete Program in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Most recently, Doherty was the Offensive Coordinator for the 2009 Varsity Football team that earned the school’s second playoff bid in the last three years. In all, nine Dragons were selected to the All Metro Team.
 
 
Coach Doherty is the youngest of four brothers who graduated from Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco and was a member of the highly competitive WCAL (West Catholic Athletic League). While there, Doherty was a two year member of the Varsity Football and Basketball teams. As a member of the distinguished St. Vincent De Paul scholar program, Doherty graduated at the top of his class. He went on to Menlo College where he played football for former Sac High coach and Dallas Cowboys All Pro Doug Cosbie and earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management. While at Menlo, Doherty also played basketball when the Menlo Oaks won the Cal Pac Conference and earned a tournament bid to the NAIA Div II National Tournament. After graduating from Menlo Magna Cum Laude, Doherty worked for Cosbie’s Great Achiever’s Organization, an organization targeting inner city youths from East Palo Alto providing educational opportunities at another distinguished WCAL school, St. Francis of Mountain View.