Stephen Barbee has resigned after seven seasons as football coach at Long Beach Poly.
That opens up a job at a school that has won 20 Southern Section championships.
Thank you Long Beach Poly! pic.twitter.com/zZiIbasEE1
— Stephen Barbee 🤘🏼🐇🏈 (@CoachSBarbee) December 10, 2024
It is a tougher job than in a previous era, because private schools have been taking away players and attendance boundaries play a major role.
But Poly is Poly, with lots of talent around campus.
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