All-Bay Area News Group high school football 2024: Coaches of the year

What didn’t Lenny Vandermade do in his second season at St. Ignatius?

Central Coast Section Open Division championship? Check. Co-West Catholic Athletic League championship with St. Francis? Check.

The Wildcats won 10 games and finished the season with an impressive showing in a 33-23 loss to Central-Fresno in the CIF NorCal 1-AA regional championship game. And all this from a team picked to finish fifth in the WCAL before the season.

For turning SI into a regional power,...