Michael Rodriguez

Coach Rodriguez is entering his 22nd season as a football coach. He is currently entering his 3rd season as the varsity defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Westlake High

Coach Rodriguez is entering his 22nd season as a football coach. He is currently entering his 3rd season as the varsity defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator at Westlake High School in Westlake Village, CA. He spent the previous 7 seasons as the varsity defensive coordinator at Buena High School in Ventura, CA and before that was the varsity defensive coordinator for 2 seasons at his alma mater, Nordhoff High School in Ojai, CA.

Coach Rodriguez has coached every position on the defensive side of the ball throughout his career and has worked with all levels of athletes, from youth to high school. In 1998, he was Head Coach and defensive coordinator of the Super Bowl Champion Ojai Eagles Jr 2 team. As the Nordhoff JV head coach in 2001, he led the team to a title in the Frontier League. From 2003-2005, he was the Varsity defensive backs coach at Nordhoff, which made the CIF Semi-Finals 3 straight seasons. As defensive coordinator in 2006 and 2007, Nordhoff qualified for the playoffs both seasons and was a CIF Finalist in 2007. As defensive coordinator at Buena, the team qualified for the CIF playoffs in 2009, 2013 and 2014. And in his first season with Westlake, the team qualified for the CIF playoffs in the Pac-5 Division.

He has worked with Coach Timo Lunceford at Buena High School in 2008 and with Impact Training since 2013.