Monarchs hire new football coach; Lunn, Benally named Gatorade Players of the Year
Michael Holguin has held almost every position inside a high school football coaching room. About the only box he hadn’t ticked was being a head coach, which is no longer accurate now that the 31-year-old has been named the new head coach at Manzano. Holguin replaces Stephen Johnston, who recently left the Monarchs to become the head coach at Los Lunas.
“This felt like the next step,” Holguin ...
Michael Holguin has held almost every position inside a high school football coaching room. About the only box he hadn’t ticked was being a head coach, which is no longer accurate now that the 31-year-old has been named the new head coach at Manzano. Holguin replaces Stephen Johnston, who recently left the Monarchs to become the head coach at Los Lunas.
“This felt like the next step,” Holguin said in a telephone interview from suburban Phoenix. “My goal from day one of coaching was wanting to run my own program and see what I can do. ” Holguin the last three seasons has been coaching at Higley High in Gilbert, Arizona.
Last season he was the co-defensive coordinator. He played receiver and safety for Jim Miller at Las Cruces High, where he graduated in 2013. He later graduated from New Mexico State.