Football: Crean Lutheran South names Meschuk first head coach

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Aaron Meschuk, who guided St. Michael’s Prep into the Southern Section playoffs the last two seasons, has been named the first head football coach for Crean Lutheran South, according to the Irvine school’s athletic director, Brian Underwood.

Meschuk, who has eight years of head coaching experience, also directed Western Christian to the 2000 Christian League title.

Crean Lutheran Southl, nicknamed the Saints, doesn’t play its first game until the 2009 season.

‘I am honored and humbled,’ Meschuck said. ‘It is exciting to be part of the school and see what God has planned for us in the future.’

Meschuk played in the late 1980s and early ‘90s at Whittier Christian. As a linebacker and running back, he helped the school win three league titles and one section title. He went on to play at Citrus College and Chapman.

Over the next year he will also help oversee the boys’ and girls’ golf programs.

-- Martin Henderson