High school football: Mater Dei hiring Raul Lara to replace Frank McManus as head coach

Lara was the head coach at St. Anthony (Long Beach, Calif.) the last three years and led the Saints to a 21-14 record. He also spent five seasons at Warren (Downey, Calif.) but is best known for his 13-year run at Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.), where he led the storied program to a 142-30 record and five Southern Section titles. During Lara's time at Long Beach Poly, he helped develop future college and NFL stars like Desean Jackson, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marcedes Lewis, Winston Justice and Darnell Bing. Lara has experience working with current Mater Dei president Mike Brennan...