Wilson football coach Scott Meyer said he’s been fired by the Bruins administration on Monday afternoon after three years coaching his alma mater.
Meyer came to Wilson after being the head coach at Lakewood for two seasons; he has remained as a teacher at Lakewood during his coaching tenure at Wilson. The Bruins went 9-20 during his three seasons as head coach, finishing 4-6 each of the last two seasons after going 1-8 in 2021.
“It’s frustrating, I just hired four new coaches, I was really the leader and the ramrod getting the new weight room program going and we’ve totally changed the whole culture of the team in the weight room,” he said. “We got a good schedule together for where we’re at to be able to build, and we’ve been putting in a lot of time in the offseason to try and get this to the next step.”
Meyer is a Bruin legacy who had the tough job of following Mark Ziegenhagen, who took the Bruins to the CIF-SS semifinals during his six-year run there. Meyer is a third-generation Wilson alum and a third-generation WIlson head coach, following his grandfather Cliff Meyer (who Wilson’s football stadium is named for) and father Jon Meyer.
“I’m coming home,” said Meyer at the time he was hired in 2021. “I’ve been able to coach at some great places and have some great experiences. But every time I’d drive by Wilson there was an understanding of the family legacy–that’s where I played, that’s where I went to school. There was never a hurry to get there but it’s been in the back of my mind my whole career.”
Prior to coaching at Wilson and Lakewood, Meyer was the head coach at Servite for four years and at Corona del Mar, where he won back-to-back CIF-SS titles. He was also the head coach at Jordan High where he built the Panthers into a league title contender with players like current Chargers assistant coach John Timu.
“To have them wait three months to tell me is really frustrating,” he said of the move’s timing. “Typically you let a coach go right after the season so they can go find other opportunities.”
Meyer said the administration asked him to step down and he said he wasn’t going to so he was fired. Parents from the team said they received an email from the administration notifying them of the decision on Monday afternoon.
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