De La Salle High School

Justin Alumbaugh (‘98) enters his 14th season as the Spartans football head coach and his 29th year of coaching overall. 

Alumbaugh and the Spartans have won the top division in the North Coast Section championships every year during his tenure from 2013-2025 with the lone exception being the 2020 fall season when there was no NCS postseason. The great success has led Alumbaugh to an impressive 147-21 career record!

Coach Alumbaugh guided the Spartans to another remarkable season, leading the football program to its 33^rd consecutive North Coast Section Championship and a second straight CIF Open Division State Championship appearance. The Spartans finished the year with a 12-1 record, earning signature victories over national power Lakeland (Florida) and California standouts Cathedral Catholic, Serra, and Pittsburg.

The Class of 2026 was a special group of Spartans and includes the following who will compete in college this season: Landon Cook (Oregon State), Wyatt Ferguson (Weber State), Jaden Jefferson (University of North Carolina), Jayden Nicholas (Montana), Myah Telona (Cal), Brayden Knight (Yale) and Emery Speight (Cornell).

As a former Spartans player, Coach Alumbaugh is proud to call legendary coach Bob Ladouceur his mentor and played for Coach Lad as a 1997 all-state selection on offense and defense while leading the Spartans to a national record win streak. (The streak was at 73 wins when Alumbaugh graduated and spread to a record 151 games.) In addition to football, Alumbaugh was also an all-state baseball player and led the Spartans to back-to-back NCS championships in 1997 and 1998. For his efforts on and off the field, Alumbaugh was inducted into the De La Salle Hall of Fame in 2019. 

Alumbaugh was so committed to the De La Salle football program that he would coach during his summer breaks at UCLA. Alumbaugh played both baseball and rugby for the Bruins while graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and he holds a Masters degree in History from San Francisco State.

Alumbaugh is a De La Salle social studies teacher and is married to wife Teresita and they have three young children, Benicio, Isla, and Isabel.