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VARSITY COACHES
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ROSS GRIFFITH

HEAD COACH

In 2002 Coach Griffith started his coaching career at West Valley High School. He started out coaching the outside linebackers then in 2005 he became the Special Teams Coordinator. In 2008 Coach Griffith was promoted to Defensive Coordinator. In 2018 he made a move to the Offense Coordinator position. Coach Griffith was part of three section winning teams at West Valley and plans to bring that to Foothill High School. 

 In 2019 Coach Griffith made the move to Foothill High School where his kids are attending school and he was intrigued by the school, community and program. That same season he was the defensive coordinator for the Freshmen. Then in 2020 Coach Griffith was promoted to Defensive Coordinator at the varsity level where he introduced “Club 11” to the defense. This is given to selected players that earn the position with hard work, skill and leadership qualities both on the field and off.  

Currently Coach Griffith is the Head Coach and Defensive coordinator at Foothill High School. He is currently a Special Education teacher at Foothill High School. Coach Griffith has a very supportive family that is led by his wife Amanda and their six children: Damon, Kenzie, Dakota, Riley, Brent and Kenzie.

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TODD BUCK

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

Coach Buck graduated from Shasta High School in 1988.He graduated from Sacramento State in 1992.  While in Sacramento, he started his coaching career as the JV coach at Rio Americano High School.  From there, he moved back to Redding and began teaching and coaching at West Cottonwood Middle School.  In 2004, he started teaching at Foothill High.  Away from coaching, Coach Buck enjoys golfing, camping and hanging out with his wonderful wife (Amparo) and kids (Garrett and Mason).

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