Ben McEnroe

Last updated
Ben McEnroe
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Thousand Oaks HS (CA)
Conference Canyon League
Record0–0
Playing career
1989 Bakersfield
1990–1992 Cal Lutheran
Position(s) Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1998 Cal Lutheran (OL)
1999–2002 Humboldt State (OL)
2003–2006 Chaminade Prep (CA)
2007–2021 Cal Lutheran
2023–present Thousand Oaks HS (CA)
Head coaching record
Overall74–48 (college)
32–16 (high school)
Tournaments0–4 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
5 SCIAC (2007, 2009–2012)

Ben McEnroe is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, California, a position he had held since 2023. McEnroe served as the head football coach at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, from 2007 to 2021, compiling a record of 74–48. [1] Prior to coaching at Cal Lutheran, he was the head football coach at Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California from 2003 to 2006. [2]

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Playing career

As a player, McEnroe played as a linebacker and an offensive lineman at Taft Union High School in Taft, California from 1984 to 1987. During high school, he earned First Team All-SSL Offense and Defense and was picked to the Bakersfield Californian All-Area team. During his high school career, he was also voted the Most Valuable Lineman and Team Captain. In 1989, he played for Bakersfield College before playing for the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen during the 1991 and 1992 seasons. At Cal Lutheran, he received First Team All-SCIAC at Center and also Most Inspirational Player honors as team captain for the football team in his senior year. [3] [4] In his senior year, 1992, he was also named to the All-SCIAC first team. [5] [6]

Coaching career

McEnroe started his career as an offensive line coach right after college. [7] He was the offensive line coach at Cal Lutheran from 1993 to 1998. In 2003, he became Head Coach for the Chaminade College Prep High School in West Hills, California. He led the program there to the CIF playoffs four times and earned a 2006 league title. Several of his former Chaminade players have enjoyed professional sports careers, including Logan Paulsen for the San Francisco 49ers, Ryan Griffin for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Kevin Pillar for the Toronto Jays. [3]

McEnroe was the offensive line coach at Humboldt State University in 1999 to 2002 and was hired as head football coach at West Hills Chaminade in 2003. [8] He had been a coach at West Hills Chaminade High School the last four years when he was hired at California Lutheran in 2007. [9] After over ten years of coaching, he became the fourth head football coach in the history of Cal Lutheran. In his four years as coach of the Chaminade Eagles, the team compiled a 32–16 record with four consecutive CIF playoff appearances and a top 10 ranking each year. The team won the Mission League Championship and advanced to the CIF semifinals. [10]

At Cal Lutheran, McEnroe led the Kingsmen to five Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) titles, including four consecutive championships from 2009 to 2012. [11]

McEnroe was hired as the head football coach at Thousand Oaks High School in 2023. [12]

Personal life

McEnroe's wife, Kami, is a coach for the California Lutheran's cheerleading squad. They met at Bakersfield College, where Ben played and Kami was a cheerleader. [13] McEnroe has been married to Kami since 1985, and they have three children, Kassidy, Cory and Kylie. [3] He earned a bachelor's degree in history (1993) and a Master of Arts degree in education (1999) from Cal Lutheran. [3]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2007–2021)
2007 Cal Lutheran5–45–1T–1st
2008 Cal Lutheran7–25–12nd
2009 Cal Lutheran8–26–01stL NCAA Division III First Round
2010 Cal Lutheran8–26–01stL NCAA Division III First Round
2011 Cal Lutheran8–26–01stL NCAA Division III First Round
2012 Cal Lutheran8–27–01stL NCAA Division III First Round
2013 Cal Lutheran4–54–3T–3rd
2014 Cal Lutheran4–54–3T–3rd
2015 Cal Lutheran4–52–56th
2016 Cal Lutheran4–54–3T–5th
2017 Cal Lutheran5–33–3T–3rd
2018 Cal Lutheran4–63–4T–5th
2019 Cal Lutheran5–54–3T–3rd
2020–21 No team
Cal Lutheran:74–4859–26
Total:74–48
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

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