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Football: St. John Bosco hires Jason Negro

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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St. John Bosco went back to the future in hiring Jason Negro, a 1991 graduate of the school, to replace the fired Kiki Mendoza as its football coach.

Negro spent the last seven years at Trabuco Hills, where his teams reached section title games in 2007 and 2009. Negro’s teams went 40-14 over the last four years.

‘Coming back home to St. John Bosco High School is a tremendous opportunity for me and my family,’ Negro said in a statement released by the school. ‘I am thoroughly excited to get started as soon as possible.’

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Negro previously was defensive coordinator and coached defensive backs at St. John Bosco for three years beginning in 1998. His coaching style is a no-huddle, fast-paced attack as well as physical and aggressive defense.

He lettered in football and baseball at St. John Bosco before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cal State Dominguez Hills.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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