Meet our coaching Staff
VARSITY
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AJ PATERAS
- Varsity Head Coach
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Coach Pateras is an Army Veteran where he had stops in Texas, Alabama, Washington, Oklahoma, and South Korea. Coach Pateras is a graduate of Ventura High School class of 2002. While at Ventura, Coach Pateras played on the 2000 CIF championship team that beat Lompoc on their way to winning a CIF championship. He also played on the CIF semi-finalist team in 2001, where he was an All-League and All-County safety his senior year in 2001.
Coach Pateras is a proud father of two boys, Alex (11) and Skyler (10). Coach Pateras brings 12 years of football coaching experience. The last three years have been as the Head Coach of the Conqs. Coach Pateras has a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master's degree in Organizational Management from Ashford University. Coach Pateras erred his teaching credential in Social Science from National University and is a teacher on campus at Cabrillo. |
Steve Boneck
- Defensive Line Coach
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Coach Boneck played three years youth football in Goleta, CA. where he went on to play four years at Dos Pueblos High School. Coach Boneck enters his 2nd season with the Cabrillo Conquistadores as the Defensive Line Coach for the Varsity.Prior to Cabrillo Coach Boneck coached in the Vandenberg Youth Football League for four years and five years before that in the Santa Barbara Youth Football League. Coach Boneck is excited about the upcoming season. Coach Boneck with his Beautiful wife Syrena has three children Curtis 24, Cyana, 18 and Tony 14.
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Tony Durham
- Offensive Line Coach
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Coach Durham played at Lompoc High School from 91-94. he attended Allan Hancock College from 94-96 and continued his career at Menlo College from 96-98 where he earned a Bachelors of Science degree. He moved back to the area in 2001 and currently works at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
He started coaching youth football in 1998 in Napa and continued coaching youth football when he moved back to the area. In 2007 he began coaching at Cabrillo as the JV O-Line Coach/D-Line coach. He joined the varsity staff in 2008 coaching the D-line. This is Coach Durhams's 12th season coaching at Cabrillo, he serves as the O-Line Coach on Varsity. |
Eric Pacheco
- Quarterback Coach
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Coach Pacheco was born in Granada Hills, California in 1970. He graduated from Lompoc High School in 1988. He played at Allan Hancock from 1988-1990. He then transferred to Northern Arizona University (NAU) and played for one year before getting injured. He Graduated from NAU in 1993. He then went to UCSF for dental school from 1994 to 1998. Coach Pacheco then served as a dentist in the Navy from 1998 to 2001.
Coach Pacheco started helping with CHS football in 2013. He has coached football and basketball for 15 years. Coach Pacheco is married to Nancy Pacheco who is an English teacher at CHS. They have three sons, Nico (21) (former player graduated in 2015), Danan (18) (former player graduated in 2019), and Noach (14) (current player on junior varsity). |
Mike Freeman
- Defensive Backs Coach
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Coach Freeman is a California native who played high school football in Florida during the mid 90's. He played one year at Florida A&M University and two years of semi-pro for the Regensburg Phoenix and Munich Cowboys of the German Football League.
Coach Freeman is an Army veteran who served six years. He recently moved form Florida with his wife Kali and their children. Coach Freeman joins the Conqs coaching staff this year and will be coaching the Defensive Backs on Varsity. |
Jose Morales
- Assistant Varsity Coach
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Coach Morales is an active duty Air Force airman currently serving at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Coach Morales played four years of high school football splitting time on the defensive line and linebacker at Liberty High School in Northern California, graduating in 2013 and plays intramural football at Vandenberg as well.
Coach Morales is currently enrolled in Allan Hancock College hoping to transfer after completing his two-year degree in Administration of Justice. This is coach Morales' first year of coaching and he hopes to learn a lot to improve in the future, and to better help the players and leave a positive impact on them. |
Derek Aguilar
- Special Teams Coordinator & Wide Receivers Coach
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Coach Aguilar attended Lompoc High School and was awarded first all-league honors in football. Derek has a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Sacramento State, teaching credential from UC Davis, and Adapted PE credential from Cal Poly University.
Coach Aguilar taught and coached in the Elk Grove School District in Sacramento where he was also the assistant athletic director at Sheldon High School. Since coming back to Lompoc, he has coached numerous youth teams as well as several season at Cabrillo High School, where his children attend school. His wife is a teacher at Buena Vista Elementary and he is the PE department head at Vandenberg Middle School. Coach Aguilar is entering his 3rd straight season on the coaching staff this year a s Special Teams Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach. |
Doug May
- Assistant Varsity Coach
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Coach May graduated from West Torrance High. He played on a CIF Winning team under Coach Fred Petersen, a highly regarded and Hall of Fame coach in the South Bay. Went to college at El Camino JC and Cal Poly Pomona.
Coach May spent 12 years with Righetti High School as a Freshman, JV, and Varsity coach, where he coached all three levels as a Running Back/Linebacker coach/Special Teams Coordinator. Coach May also coached Quarterbacks and was an offensive coordinator. Coach may then spent two years as Head Football Coach at Orcutt Academy High School. Coach May is married to his wife, Dawn, and has three children, Ian (25), Jeff (22), and Kaitlin (18). |
Junior Varsity
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Tim McIntyre
- Junior Varsity Head Coach
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Coach McIntyre played high school football in the late 70's and intramural football with the United States Air Force.
He coached football in the Lompoc valley mid 80's, this will be coach McIntyre's 3rd year coaching football for the Conqs. Coach McIntyre will coaching the LB’s and is the Head JV Football coach. He is also the JV girls soccer coach for the last 5 years. He has a daughter Tess who graduated from CHS in 2018, and was a Varsity Soccer and Track member. ( She is also in her 2nd year as assistant JV girls soccer coach at CHS) and currently attends AHC. He has a son Chris who graduated from CHS in 2003, and was a varsity football wide receiver & defensive back. |
Jason Barthel
- Defensive Coordinator
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Coach Barthel has many years of experience coaching youth baseball and football. He has coached Varsity, JV, and Freshman football at the high school level. Coach Barthel brings a wealth of knowledge to the program, and will be coordination the defense for the JV football team for the 3rd consecutive year. Coach Barthel is a Lompoc High School graduate and is a teacher at Buena Vista. His son Hunter is a junior WR/DB on the Varsity team.
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"Coach Tank" Davis
- Assistant Junior Varsity Coach
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Coach Tank attended Cabrillo all 4 years, graduating in June of 2014. During this time, he was a 2 year starter at center. He is currently enrolled in Allan Hancock College and plans to transfer to Fresno State and major in Economics, and continue on to law school from there.
Coach Tank is entering his fourth year of coaching at Cabrillo. He said it has been the time of his life! He further stated he loves absolutely every second of it. Coach Tank is the youngest coach on staff at 21 years old, but he feels that he can make the biggest impact on the young men's lives in the fact that he understands a lot of what they are going through, because it is still fresh in his mind. |
Mike Wallace
- Assistant Junior Varsity Coach
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Coach Wallace is a graduate from Cabrillo High School Class of 1992. He played one year of football and for years of wrestling, and a four year letter winner in swimming.
He is a father of three, one of which wrestles and plays football at Cabrillo. He is the Head Wrestling Coach and is in his second season with JV Football. He has helped coach his sons youth football teams for the past four years. He also runs a club wrestling program for USA Wrestling called Valley Wrestling Club for grades (K-12). He is also the Head Varsity Wrestling Coach. |
Shane Lyon
- Special Teams Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach
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Coach Lyon joins the football staff this year as Special Teams Coordinator and Wide Receiver Coach for the JV team. He previously coached at Orcutt Academy from 2015-2019 as Varsity O-Line Coach, Strength and Conditioning, and Defensive Coordinator.
In addition to coaching duties, Shane will be joining the Cabrillo campus as the U.S. History and Independent Studies Teacher. |
Kirt Cothran
- Offense Line Coach
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Coach Cothran was born and raised in the desert town of Trona, California. He attended Trona High School from 1988 to 1991. In high school, he played football, basketball, and baseball. Upon graduation, Coach Cothran went on to play four years of football at California Luthern University (CLU) earning All-League honors at offense tackle in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Coach Cothran graduated from CLU in 1995 with a Bachelor's Degree in business administration. Coach Cothran is currently the owner/operator of Snap on Tools, Goleta. Coach Cothran has been coaching youth football in the area for the past five years. He is entering his 2nd season as the JV O-Line Coach. |
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