Dec 2, 2023

Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Tesoro football coach Matt Poston has resigned after 11 seasons, almost 70 victories and eight playoff appearances, athletic director Ernie Bucher announced Friday. Poston took the coaching reins in 2013 and guided the Titans from the tough South Coast League to the playoffs in each of his first seven seasons. After the pandemic wiped out the postseason in 2020, Tesoro missed the playoffs two of the past three seasons as the CIF Southern Section introduced a competitive equity model. This past season, the Titans finished 5-5 overall, 1-2 in the four-team South Coast League, and didn’t land an at-large berth for CIF. “Under Matt’s guidance, the Tesoro football program has consistently been a Top-12 program in Orange Country, yet his focuson developing homegrown talent and the complete football player is his greatest accomplishment,” Bucher said in a press release. “Matt has been an amazing leader, and on behalf of the entire Tesoro staff, I would like to thank Matt and his family for all they have done for Tesoro football.” Tesoro placed second to Mission Viejo in the South Coast League four times, including from 2013-15. Poston’s career record finished at 69-48. Before taking the head position, he served as a highly-regarded defensive coordinator at Tesoro and the coach at Capistrano Valley. His tenure at Tesoro also included overcoming open-heart surgery in 2019. The Titans project to be placed in Orange County’s second-strongest league next season as area football leagues shift to a competitive equity model. The league projects to include Yorba Linda, Corona del Mar, San Juan Hills, Villa Park and Newport Harbor. Please send football news to Dan Albano at dalbano@scng.com or @ocvarsityguy