Acalanes’ Joel Isaac is Bay Area News Group’s prep football coach of year

LAFAYETTE — For the last few years, Acalanes has elevated itself into a program where winning is the expectation. 

The Dons are two years removed from winning a state championship and were one two-point conversion away from returning to a state title game in 2024. 

And yet somehow, in his first season as head coach, Joel Isaac found a way to elevate the Lafayette school’s ceiling. 

Following an offseason that saw Acalanes navigate a rocky coaching transition – parting ways...