| Three new assistants
join football staff Coach Tom Craft, refusing
to let the Palomar football staff rest on its
laurals after winning State Staff of the Year
honors a year ago, has upgraded his staff with
the addition of Kenny Stills, Steve Silberman and
Randy Simmrin.
Stills, a former
NFL safety who played five seasons for the Green
Bay Packers and two seasons with the Minnesota
Vikings, will coach the Comets' secondary. Stills
played for coach Herb Meyer at El Camino High
School (Oceanside, CA) and played collegiately at
El Camino JC and for three seasons at Wisconsin,
where he was an All-Big Ten selection at
cornerback. He previously coached collegiately as
an assistant at Menlo (CA) College and last year
at the University of San Diego. He was a general
manager and play-by-play announcer for three
years in the Arena League, and spent two years as
a TV sports anchor in Green Bay. He's also a
former assistant for Meyer at El Camino High,
where he coached the linebackers.
Silberman, who
coached Vista High School (Vista, CA) to a
46-15-2 record and three consecutive CIF-San
Diego Section Division I championships, is
Palomar's new quarterbacks coach. Silberman
replaced the legendary Dick Haines at Vista in
1995 and guided the Panthers to CIF titles in
1996, 1997 and 1998. He coached Vista to four
Palomar League championships in his five seasons
there – in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Silberman, who played at Cal State Northridge as
an outside linebacker, compiled a 99-60-2 record
as head coach at five Southern California high
schools. Before taking the Vista job, he was head
coach at Centennial High of Corona, Gahr High of
Cerritos, Sonora High of La Habra and La Canada
High School. He also served a tour at McAllister
College in Minnesota as offensive coordinator.
Simmrin, who joins
the staff as receivers coach, was an All-American
selection for USC's 1978 National Championship
team and helped the Trojans to Rose Bowl
victories in 1977 (14-6 over Michigan) and 1979
(17-10, also over Michigan). He was a two-time
All-Pac 10 first-team selection. Simmrin played
on John McKay's final two teams and John
Robinson's first two teams at USC. He played for
the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football
League and spent three pre-seasons with the
Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. He was offensive coordinator at
Burbank (CA) High School.
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