Anthony White, whose overhaul of the Buena Park football program led to its first league championship in two decades, resigned Wednesday as the school’s football coach.
White, 35, said he resigned to create more time to spend with his family. He and his wife San have two children, Anthony, who is three, and daughter, OliviaGrace, who was born in October.
“I’m not stepping down,” White said. “What we’ve preached to the young men in our program is stepping up as a person, and as a husband and as a father. So I’m stepping up.”
White coached the Coyotes for seven seasons. The season before he took over, the Coyotes finished 2-8 overall and 0-5 in the Freeway League. One of those league losses was to La Habra, 62-0.
This past season, Buena Park defeated La Habra, 27-13, ending La Habra’s league winning streak at 47 games. Buena Park finished 5-0 in league to win its first outright league championship since 1991.
The Coyotes went 10-2 overall. They lost in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs to Edison, which went on to win the division championship.
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It was the third straight season in which Buena Park won 10 or more games. Buena Park reached the CIF-SS semifinals in 2014 and ’15.
White’s record at Buena Park is 59-22 overall and 24-11 in league – 17-3 in league over the past four years. In the four seasons before White arrived, the Coyotes went 5-34 overall and 1-18 in league.
White said he will remain at Buena Park as a history teacher. And he expects to resume coaching at some point.
“It might be one year, it might be five years,” White said. “I’m not retiring from coaching.”
White added that he is not finished being involved with Buena Park football players.
“My goal still is to help our student-athletes get college scholarships,” said White, whose Buena Park team could have as many as 12 players go on to college football. “So I’m going to remain very busy with the football program.”
White played at Rosemead High and at the University of Utah. Before becoming Buena Park’s coach, White was an assistant coach at Pasadena City College and the head coach for one season at Temple City.
