By Jamiel Medina and Joshua Vasquez, Courier Staff Writer and Sports Editor
James Logan’s football program has always been synonymous with winning, and has 
produced many talented players throughout the years. For instance, Roy Williams became a star safety for the Dallas Cowboys.
With the players’ success comes great coaches. Zac MacNally, the current head coach for Logan, will resign at the end of the school year to receive a head coaching job at Whitney High School, in Rocklin California.
George Zuber, the coach prior to Macnally, now a Logan economics teacher and San Leandro varsity wrestling coach, handed the program down to MacNally two years ago after posting an 84-27 overall record in ten seasons.
As for MacNally, despite an overall record of 7-13, he’s brought an efficient veer offense to the Colts program. MacNally learned the strategy himself while playing at powerhouse De La Salle, where he helped his team win multiple NCS Championships and even a national title.
In MacNally’s first season as head coach, the team was plagued with several adversities. Three players were involved in a deadly car accident that took the lives of linebackers Izaiah Mease and Junior Ioramo .
The accident also injured another senior Linebacker, Izaiah Paopao, thus sidelining him for the remainder of the season. Paopao’s injury left big holes in the Colts defense, which young and inexperienced players were forced to fill. It’s fair to say that the 2016 season took a far left turn, as the Colts missed the playoffs for the first time in over a decade.
After a long and intense offseason of physical workouts and weight room training, Logan was back to their high standards. The Colts truly looked like a playoff team coming into MacNally’s second season.
Indeed, 2017 was filled with a lot more passionate and highlighted moments, as Logan rebounded from a sluggish start and went 5-5 to make playoffs. Sadly, they went on to lose in the first round to Foothill High School by a score of 40-7.
Two months after the season ended, MacNally rounded up his boys in the weight room and announced that he was resigning and leaving the Bay Area.
“I want to start a family” said MacNally, “and it’s hard to be financially stable here in the Bay Area. This was a very difficult decision for me to make and I wanted to tell you guys first before you heard about it from anyone else.”
MacNally’s absence leaves behind a core group of incoming seniors and Juniors who may quickly have to adapt to a new coach’s offense and defense quickly before the season starts. Hopes are up for Zuber to potentially return to the program; however, the possibility is highly unlikely since his kids are still in high school.
Now that its head coaching position is open, Logan football will likely make a decision in the coming spring, in order to give the coaches and players time to develop new bonds. Hopefully, the Colts can return to their once glory days of reigning on top of the MVAL.