Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
The Forde Files No 134
Warrior announcer and Tehachapi City Council member Ed Grimes presented Denman with a plaque, also pre-made, marking the occasion. Denman became the 8th high school coach in California history to reach 300 wins, and the 2nd to reach that goal working at one school.
Former team member Richard Vierya of Bakersfield pushes teammate Paul Martinez to the festivities. They played in Denman's first game as head coach, in 1982, defeating Rosamond, 19-14
With the celebrating going on at the center of the field, West High assistant coach Brandon Parks, who was Denman's wide receiver and safety on the 1993 undefeated 13-0 Valley championship team, debriefed his team. He's shown with Camy, 12, and Jack, 10, two of his six children.
Members of his first team, hundreds of Warrior fans celebrate: It's 300 victories for coach Steve Denman!
As giddy as teenagers and bearing pre-printed "300" t-shirts, men who played on the first team that Steve Denman coached as Tehachapi High School head football coach 34 years ago descended upon Coy Burnett Field Nov. 4 to celebrate what they were certain would be Denman's 300th victory. The 51-year-olds were not disappointed. The Warriors defeated Bakersfield's West High, 35-7, triggering a mass surge out of the stands onto the field to congratulate Denman.
