Former USC football Heisman winner Carson Palmer says coaching high school football is where hes supposed to be
Carson Palmer is changing the landscape of high school football as the head coach of Santa Margarita.Palmer and his son, Fletch Palmer, joined Tarek Fattal of CBS LA, and told him that coaching high school football is where he’s supposed to be.“I didn’t know that this opportunity was going to happen.Once I got here and have been here, I realized this is where I’m supposed to be.
This is where God wants me.There’s no doubt in my mind,” Carson Palmer said.
“This is a really special institution and a special place.”Before Carson Palmer was winning the Heisman Trophy, National Championships at USC, and going on to spend 14 years in the NFL, Palmer was a star quarterback at Santa Margarita.Now returning to his alma mater as the head coach, he has created one of the best high school football programs in the country.Under Carson Palmer’s guidance, the Eagles are 21-3, and are the reigning CIF Southern Section Division 1 Champions, as well as the CIF Open Division State Champions.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!While the rest of the CIF is bracing to compete against each other for the opening round of playoffs this week, Division 1 teams earn an automatic bye.Santa Margarita picked up where it left off this season by finishing the regular season with a 10-0 record, which included wiping out the fierce Trinity League.“Having the opportunity to have gone here, played here, and now come back and be here is an incredible experience,” Carson Palmer said.“I don’t want to be anywhere else.”Carson Palmer received a lot of backlash in August, when he announced that his son would be the starting quarterback over senior Vanderbilt commit, Matthew Smith, but the junior quarterback prove...