It doesn’t surprise me at all with what’s happened to him.” “He waited for a good situation, and it was the right time and perfect opportunity. “I knew right away he’d be a very successful head coach,” he said. That Maddox is one win away from breaking Monrovia’s dry spell in CIF championship games is not surprising to Maggiore. He sticks to his values regardless of the outcome, and because of that there’s been a tremendous player buy-in to the program, and he’s got to be commended for that.” “He has a very strong set of values that I think he was able to develop under coach Maggiore and through his experience. “The guy has a plan so he can have them in the position where he’s at now. “Ryan Maddox is first and foremost a well-organized, smart football coach,” he said. Garrison, who was at Monrovia for 15 years and knows a thing or two about quality coaches, noticed Maddox’s strong work ethic early on. I don’t think that’s any accident at all.” “The harder you work, the more you get out of your program. “You just seem to keep the same hours – early and late,” said Brad Blackmore, in his 20th year as baseball coach at Monrovia.
Maddox arrives at Monrovia by 6:45 weekday mornings to grade papers, and others notice his early morning routine on Saturdays, too.
Sunday is his longest day, when he puts together a scouting report and breaks down personnel and practice schedules for the week ahead. Maddox, also a world history teacher at Monrovia, puts in close to 60 hours a week. When I pray, I list and leave what I do up to Him.” “It’s at the core of my beliefs in everything I do,” Maddox said. A morning routine for Maddox consists of reading the Bible and praying for the work ahead. (Coaches of Influence), which meets in Walnut. He’s part of Bogan’s Bible study group C.O.I.N. Maddox attributed his calm mannerism to his Christian values. But that’s not why Maddox, 37, keeps his cool, particularly on the sidelines. Guy and Linda Maddox travel every game from Newport Beach to watch their son coach, as does Maddox’s wife of three years, Veronica, and 2-year- old son, Jacob. He’s honest, fair and a great motivator.” “He has the whole program in mind, meets with parents and talks to the kids about college, and he’s very fair in doling out consequences and praise. “Ryan is an architect,” Monrovia athletic director Randy Bell said. “It was nice to see good people work hard, have success,” Bogan said. By then he had almost a decade of experience to go along with a CIF championship on his resume after helping West Covina to 19-8 win over Bogan’s South Hills team. Maddox was one of seven candidates Monrovia High School interviewed and then one of three finalists for the job when he applied in 2007. “But the fact he worked hard to learn the game made it such a steal to get someone like him.” “I didn’t know when I hired him what kind of football coach he was going to turn out to be, but I knew he was going to be a good role model. “I wanted our kids to be around him,” Maggiore said. First and foremost he’s a teacher, a quality many saw in the way he carried himself. He just has this complete desire to learn anything he can about the game.” “I’ve been coaching high school football since 1992,” Maggiore said, “and I haven’t come across anyone that has worked as hard as Ryan. “You ask him to do something, and he’s going to learn everything there is to know about that topic and be as well-informed and knowledgable as he can,” Maggiore said.Įarly on, Maddox wanted to be involved as much as possible when it came to dissecting film, identifying tendencies and figuring out patterns. He eventually became offensive and defensive coordinator alongside Maggiore. Maddox went from junior varsity head coach to coaching receivers, quarterbacks and defensive backs. Maggiore took a chance on the young but bright Maddox, who showed tremendous potential.
“But (Bogan’s) door has always been open.” “It was a little hard once I got to West Covina, because we (South Hills) were rivals,” Maddox said. It didn’t matter that Maddox was coaching flag football.
Maddox’s eagerness to know more was evident when he sat down with Bogan. “He came over the next year, and it was obvious he didn’t know a whole lot about the game, but within a day or two you knew he was going to find out about it.” “We hung out a couple times,” Maggiore recalled.
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