Coach McHale brings thirteen years of varsity football coaching experience to the Dana Hills program in addition to playing experience from Fountain Valley High School and San Jose State, where he played Linebacker for Coach Dick Tomey.

He currently teaches English, Social Science and Health as well as coaches the Boys and Girls Track & Field at DHHS during the off season.

Entering his first season as a Dana Hills Coach, Mark Restelli brings football experience from both the collegiate and professional levels. A Santa Margarita graduate, Mark received Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University of San Luis Obispo while playing 4 years at Safety. From there, he went on to play 4 years in both the CFL and NFL an ultimately suffered a career-ending foot injury that required 4 surgeries over 3 years to get his foot back to healthy, working condition.

Following Mark’s football career, he started several businesses in multiple different industries and continued to pursue his interest in health and fitness by both coaching and mentoring many young athletes.

Mark has competed twice in Crossfit Regionals as well as several other local Crossfit competitions. He uses a very broad knowledge base across multiple different fitness disciplines in his training philosophy. He believes that it is best to be as well-rounded as possible so he incorporates a wide range of fitness styles into his programming with the goal of challenging his athletes to achieve feats they never thought possible.

Coach Brown, a Dana Hills Football Alumni, was the anchor of the O-line at Center. He went on to win a National Championship at Saddleback College, then walked on at USC as a wide receiver for Coach John Robinson and Coach Paul Hackett.

Entering his 23rd year as a PE teacher at Niguel Hills Middle School, he takes great pride in teaching young men and women the game of football, and helping to develop their character as young adults, so that they can contribute to society well after their playing days have ended.

Coach Poching began coaching his son Matthew’s freshman team at Dana Hills in 2015. Since then, he’s coached both his sons’ Jarod and Matthew on Varsity and continued as the Linebacker coach for all levels after they graduated. His daughter Gianna also attended Dana where she was on the soccer team all four years. His eldest son, Kenison Jr., played football at Buena Park HS.

Coach Poching played college football at Fullerton JC and Chapman University as middle linebacker.

He is the proud father of Kenison Jr., Jarod, Gianna and Matthew Poching and is happily engaged to his fiancé, Cristina.

Coach Smith brings 16 years of coaching experience to Dana Hills. He and his teams have won several titles at the youth and high school level throughout his coaching career.

Coach Smith wrestled at Arizona State University where he met his wife of 30 years, Venicha. They have two sons, Morgan (14), an incoming Sophomore transfer and Jayden (21), who played for Dana Hills for four seasons and graduated in 2018.

Coach Marowitz, A Dana Hills Alumni, played from 2002 to 2006 and was a 3 year starter at linebacker and 2 time All South Coast League. He went on to lead Orange Coast College as team captain. He finished his college football career at Kansas Wesleyan University and graduated with a BA in Sports Management.

When not at Dana Hills, Coach Marowitz is a personal trainer and Strength Coach for young athletes in the area.