Casey Clausen stepped down Friday from his position as head football coach at Bishop Alemany so that he can dedicate more time to his family and business.
“We’ve known the administration there for a while now and at the end of the day, it was just time,” Clausen said. “The kids getting older and the business growing were some of the biggest things, and I’m very excited for the future and can’t wait to see what it holds.”
Clausen and his brother, Rick, coached at Alemany for the last seven seasons and previously coached at Calabasas and Oaks Christian. Clausen coached Calabasas to CIF Southern Section titles in 2015 and 2016.
Both are alumni of Alemany and Clausen went on to have a successful collegiate career as a quarterback at Tennessee. He was the 2001 Capital One Citrus Bowl MVP and remains the Vols’ winningest quarterback in away games with a 14-1 record on the road.
While at Alemany, he sent multiple players to the college level, including San Jose State running back Floyd Chalk, Washington receiver Kevin Green and cornerback Ephesians Prysock as well as USC quarterback Miller Moss.
“I loved playing the game and played that as long as I could play it, then wanted to give back to the community and the youth,” Clausen said. “To be able to go back to Alemany where both Rick and I are alumni and to be able to build that program back up was really fun.”
Alemany went 5-6 this season and lost Thursday in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 9 playoffs to Sonora after going 3-8 in 2022 and 1-9 in 2023. Alemany reached the Division 2 final in 2021.
Clausen owns his own commercial insurance business and has three children. Dedicating 10-12 months of the year to football took a significant amount of time away from that.
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Still, memories like his first game as a coach at Alemany will stay with him.
“I had two little ones at that time and I remember walking out onto the field,” Clausen said. “We played San Fernando and they had a big old sign that said ‘welcome home Clausen family’ and that was really cool and special. Just very fortunate and thankful for the opportunity to go back and coach.”