Coach Bob Torribio of Newport Harbor Varsity Boys’ Basketball and Dale Thayer of Sunset Rewind
Coach Torribio was an assistant at NHHS for 10 years and the head coach for the past 13 years. That’s 23 years coaching at Newport High School. Coach Torribio took the reins over from his mentor Coach Larry Hirst.
Podcast with Coach Bob Torribio of Newport Harbor Varsity Boys’ Basketball and Dale Thayer of Sunset Rewind
Early Season Update [ January 3, 2025 ]
—–> 0:00 About Coach Torribio
Coach Torribio was an assistant at NHHS for 10 years and the head coach for the past 13 years. That’s 23 years coaching at Newport High School. Coach Torribio took the reins over from his mentor Coach Larry Hirst.
Philosophy of Coach Torribio is to “be competitive and be unselfish.”
Factoid: Coach Torribio played at NHHS and still holds the record for most consecutive 3-point shots w/out a miss (6).
—–> 4:00 About the Staff
Coach Torribio (Varsity Head Coach) (23 years) (13 as head coach, 10 as assistant coach)
Jason Cary (Varsity Assistant Coach) (13 years) (x)
Oliver Pick (JV Head Coach)
Jaylend Jones (JV Assistant Coach)
Jonah Tolmaire (Frosh Head Coach)
Matthew Keyser (Varsity Assistant Coach)
—–> 6:00 About the Season
Strong academic culture at Newport Harbor Basketball. Several players with a 4.0 or greater.
Off to a good start (13-5 at time of this podcast) with Sunset League 10-games coming up.
Sunset League has changed to only one “division” (different than last year, which had two divisions) which means seven-teams and a total of 12 league games instead of six league games. Sailors are 1-1 at this time (victory vs. Marina and loss vs. Fountain Valley).
Coach Torribio gives some insights on how the team prepares for the games. Usually there are two games per week (Wednesday and Friday).
—–> 13:00 About the players
Not a lot of height on the team, but a lot of athletes. Here are the players mentioned (in order mentioned in the podcast).
#11 Jack Berry (SR)
#22 Gavin Guy (JR)
#24 Owen Saukkola (JR)
#15 Nolan Payne (SR)
#34 Nash McKown (SR)
#21 Niko Salomon (SR)
#10 Dean Davis (SR)
#31 Marcel Aguilar (SO)
# 5 James Coffey (SR)
#14 Leyton Torribio (JR)
# 3 Tony Hatziris (JR)
#32 Joe Dicarlo (SR)
#25 Cade Clark (JR)
#30 Vaughan Casey (SR)
#20 Oliver Aguero (FR)
—–> 24:00 Wrapped Up
Thanks to Coach Bob Torribio for spending time with Sunset Rewind.
Looking forward to the season.