Kay Cossington of Bay Collective, a multi-club global organization dedicated to holistic excellence and the growth of women's football, will lead the search for Bay FC's next coach alongside current Bay FC sporting director Matt Potter. A release from the team said Cossington will be leading the sporting efforts of the club going forward, including the selection of the club's next head coach.
"Why did we fire Mourinho? I'll say it for the first time, it was a painful dismissal," Koc told Fanatik. "Parting ways with someone who is above all a friend was tough. Being eliminated by Benfica wasn't a problem, but the way we were eliminated was unacceptable. This made me feel like last year's football would continue. We parted ways because we believed this squad would be playing better football at this point."
Derwin Henderson was not intending to coach this season. He hadn't been a head coach since 2019 at Hawthorne. But he lives in the Inland Empire, and Rialto High kept asking him to take the open position. He finally relented, and big changes are already taking place. Rialto is off to a 3-0 start with wins over Ontario, Temecula Prep and Indio. That's notable because the team was 0-10 last season and 1-9 in 2023.
The D-Backs are hiring Tim Bogar as third base coach, report Nick Piecoro and José M. Romero of The Arizona Republic. He'd already been in the organization's player development department but now returns to coaching. Arizona skipper Torey Lovullo announced on Wednesday that they were removing prior third base coach Shaun Larkin from that responsibility; Larkin will remain on staff in a different capacity.