MEET THE COACHES
Yousof Etemadi
Varsity Head Coach
Yousof Etemadi is in his 8th year as a head coach in Orange County. In his first season as head coach of the Knights ('19-'20), he doubled the team's wins from the previous year. In his second season, he led the program to a 19-5 overall record, Crestview League Champions, and a Quarterfinal appearance in the CIF SS DIV3A Playoffs. In the '21-'22 Season, Coach Yo led the Knights to their best record in school history (31-4), a CIF State D2 State Final Appearance, a CIF State D2 SoCal Regional Championship, a CIF SS CIF Semifinal appearance, and another back to back Crestview League Title. He was also awarded the 2022 CIF State D2 Coach of the Year, and 2022 Orange County Coach of the Year. In the 2022-2023 season, he led the Knights to a 24-6 season, with a 1st Round Appearance in the CIF Div 1 Playoffs, and reached the milestone of 100 overall career wins as a head coach. In the 2023-2024 season, he led the team to a 21-9 record with a 1st Round win the CIF Div 1 Playoffs along with a 2nd Round Appearance. Coach Yo has a record of 119 - 54 in his last 7 years with a winning percentage of 69%.
Prior to Foothill, he was named the interim head coach to help the late Tim O'Brien at Northwood. He led the Timberwolves to a second place finish in the Pacific Coast League and a CIF Playoff appearance. He is in his 13th year coaching overall. Prior to Northwood, Coach Yousof Etemadi was an assistant coach at Foothill, Aliso Niguel and the AFG National Team.
Coach Yo is a local product, playing at Aliso Niguel High School, Saddleback College and then Cal Poly Pomona where he graduated with a B.A. in Graphic Design, and helped his team win a Division 2 West Regional Title. After Cal Poly, Coach Yo played overseas with his national team in Asia (Taiwan, Qatar, India, China and Bangladesh). Coach Yo has helped many Orange County players develop and move on to play college basketball. He believes in developing great basketball players and young men of high character. He is committed to helping them reach their maximum potential both on the court and in their daily life. Coach Yo is committed to leading the Foothill Knights as one of the top public school programs in Orange County.
Chin Up, Mind Right and Play The Right Way! Let's Go Knights!
Sarkis Kara
Varsity Associate Coach
Sarkis Kara is in his 9th season coaching Foothill High School, his 7th as a Varsity Assistant. Coach Sarkis spent time on the 2018-2019 Santa Margarita Varsity staff. During his first season at SMCHS the team ended the season with a record of 25-11 with notable wins over highly ranked schools such as Rancho Christian, Coronado (Las Vegas), Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, Etiwanda, Damien, Orange Lutheran, Harvard Westlake and ultimately concluding the season with a CIF Southern Section Division 1 Championship over Chino Hills. Coach Sarkis was a key part of the Foothill's 2021-2022 CIF SoCal Regional Championship Team, as he led the defense for the Knights.
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Coach Kara was a varsity player at Woodbridge High School in Irvine. His coaching experience stemmed as a Varsity assistant under Hall of Fame coach Tim O’Brien for four years at Northwood High where they reached two Div 2 CIF semi final games. Coach Kara then moved on to Foothill High School for the 2017-2018 season as the head Freshman coach where he led his group to a league title and 21-6 record.
Coach Kara has strong ties to grassroots basketball and runs one of the largest and most successful basketball clubs in Orange County. His club has helped to develop both ESPN ranked, top 100 national level talent year after year, and he has coached several national level youth teams. His efforts as a coach and mentor have worked to create sound, smart and talented high school basketball players. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach in 2006 with a BS in Criminal Justice.
Caden Williams
JV Head Coach/ Varsity Assistant
Caden Williams is in his 6th year coaching at Foothill High School. For the 2025-2026 season, Coach Caden leads the JV Team and assists the varsity team as well..
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Coach Caden was born in Long Beach, CA. He played 4 years of high school basketball and was a conference competitor at El Dorado HS. He played 2 years of college basketball at Fullerton Junior College, where he was a part of the 2018 State Tournament Runner-Up Team. He received a scholarship to play his last two years of college basketball at San Diego Christian, an NAIA program at one of the top NAIA conferences in the Nation, the GSAC (Gold State Athletic Conference).
He is currently attending CSUF finishing his degree in Kinesiology where he looks to start a career in Physical Therapy. Coach Caden is true competitor and beyond passionate for his love of the game of basketball. We are blessed to have Coach Caden on staff.
Mike Marconi
JV Assistant Coach
Mike Marconi is in his 19th season with the Foothill Knights Basketball Program. Coach Marconi brings valuable years of coaching and basketball experience to our basketball program. He has been involved for his first ten years with the Freshmen program, and spent 4 years as a lead assistant and six as head coach for the freshmen teams. Coach Marconi has five years of coaching experience at Holy Family Catholic School and Servite High School in addition to his time here with Foothill.
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Coach Marconi has assisted on the JV team the last 6 years and will continue with that role for the 2025-2026 season.
Coach Marconi is a graduate of San Diego State University with a degree in economics. He currently works for Orange Coast Title Company and resides in North Tustin with his wife and four children.
Gylan Dottin
Frosh Head Coach
Gylan Dottin is in his 8th year as a coach at Foothill HS and leads the Freshman team in the 2025-2026 season. He brings with him 20 years of player development experience from all levels of basketball, high school, college, and professional. He played and graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in Communications. He was a 4 year starter for the Toreros where he was WCC Freshman of the Year and two-time WCC 1st Team All-League. He had a 10-year professional basketball career playing in Europe (Holland, Belgium, Germany, Turkey, and Italy). He was invited to 5 NBA camps (Golden State, New Jersey, Denver, San Antonio, and the LA Clippers) over his basketball career. Coach Gylan recently was inducted in the Orange County Hall of Fame for his exceptional play while at Saddleback High School.
After his playing career, he worked 14 years for Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. in the Lexus Division, but still had the bug to be around basketball. He returned to basketball coaching in the Adidas Circuit with Dream Vision AAU and training NBA Prospects. He is very passionate about giving back to kids, helping them with life lessons and enjoys developing them into young men.
William Dunham
Frosh Assistant Coach
Danny Kennard
Chase Cameron
Strength & Conditioning
Coach
Chase Cameron grew up locally in the Tustin/Foothill area before moving to Newport Beach where he played 3 years of Varsity basketball at Newport Harbor before playing for Coach Steve Spencer at Orange Coast College. He then transferred to Cal State Fullerton where he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Kinesiology with an emphasis on Strength and Conditioning.
Post graduation he served roles in the private sector as both Coach and Performance Director at Velocity and ProSport in Costa Mesa, working with athletes of all ages and sports from youth to professional/olympian. Since leaving his Performance Director role to pursue his own business in athletic development, he has worked with multiple high schools including Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Fairmont Prep, and athletes in the MLB, MLL, NFL, UFC, MLS, AVP, World Champion Jiu Jitsu athletes, NCAA, among others.
Coach Chase's business is now directed full time to his passion, the development of basketball athletes. Chase Cameron Performance (CCP) will be focused strictly on the research and development of strength and performance for basketball athletes. With the strength of his network (Physical therapists, performance coaches, etc.), along with his 14 years of training experience and knowledge, his goal is to continue to educate himself to develop the best practices in developing strong and healthy basketball athletes.
Julan Davis
Varsity Assistant Coach
Julan Davis
Rick Boemer
Varsity Assistant Coach
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