meet our coaches

Coach Bennet started as the freshman coach in 1995 and moved to coach Junior Varsity from 1996-2002 when Coach Lusk took over the Varsity. 

After Coach Lusk stepped away to raise his two young daughters, Coach Bennet took over the Varsity in 2003 to present day. He was born and raised 

in the San Francisco Bay

Area and moved to San Diego in 1968 attending San Diego State University. 

He began his teaching career at Meadowbrook Middle School as a PE teacher from 1996 until retirement in 2011. He also has coach Varsity girls golf 2010-2022 and spent 26 years coaching frosh, jv and varsity as an assistant for Coach Trousdale in Poway Girls Basketball. Poway has 5 Palomar League Titles and three

Open Division CIF Championships (2015, 2023, 2024) since 2003.

Coach Hall is in her 9th year as a Varsity Assistant.  She graduated from Westview High School in 2009 and attended Ohio University, where she played softball. After graduation she played for one season in Italy. She found her way to Poway High as a math teacher and we quickly scooped her up to coach our pitchers and catchers. We are all lucky to have her on our coaching staff.

Coach Flores has lived his entire life in the San Diego area and currently lives in Encinitas.  He is married and has one daughter.  He is a graduate of USDHS (now named Cathedral) and got his bachelor’s from Redlands University in 1997. He coached baseball, basketball, and football for 10 years. In his 20’s he coached at Parochial School, Little League, & Adult Women’s softball.  Coach Flores worked in the IT industry for 33 years holding positions such as Computer Analyst, Manager, and Director.  Now retired (Pac Bell for 25.5 years and Verizon Wireless for 15.5 years), he was drawn back to coaching while observing his granddaughters play softball in Poway.  He is pleased & honored to have opportunity to coach at PHS.

DEB SURBER - PRESIDENT

DANIELLE STIRITZ - VICE PRESIDENT

OLGA KNAPP - TREASURER

GLORIA CATTON - SECRETARY

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