Abe Jahadhmy

Abe Jahadhmy is one of the most well-known and respected members of the local athletic community, having contributed in so many ways over the past four and a half decades.  He attended Dos Pueblos High School in the early 1970s and earned 1^st Team All-League Honors and was voted the team MVP, but his accomplishments as a coach and athletic director are even more impressive.

After graduating from high school, Jahadhmy attended Santa Barbara City College and competed for several years until the soccer program was cut, later continuing his education at UC Santa Barbara and earning a degree in Sociology and an Athletic Coaching Certification.  These qualifications set him up perfectly for his long, successful career coaching basketball and soccer teams and officiating the same sports.  From 1975 to 1994, he coached travelling teams, overlapping his position as Head Soccer Coach at San Marcos High School from 1989-2002.  His leadership and team accomplishments won him CIF Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and 2002, State Coach of the Year in 2002, Far West United State Coach of the Year in 2002, and Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Coach of the Year in 1998.

During this same period, he refereed youth and adult basketball and soccer, ran clinics, and put on sports camps in the local area.  Abe shared that his toughest moment in athletics was coaching his final game in 2002.  Even though he has continued to make a tremendous impact on the local community and student athletes in his current position as San Marcos High School Athletic Director, there was something special about coaching that he still cherishes.  He is most proud about seeing former players he coached become contributing members of the community and remaining friends with them.

It’s very clear that Abe lives his vision as a leader in the athletic community.  He imparted the values of caring for his athletes, holding them accountable, and ensuring that they had a lot of fun playing sports.  Many of his former athletes have used the skills they learned under his tutelage, including dedication, good sportsmanship, and persistence to go on to great success in athletics and in their professional careers.