Westlake High Football Coach Rick Clausen Named LA Rams Don Shula Coach of the Year
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Westlake High Football Coach Rick Clausen Named LA Rams Don Shula Coach of the Year
Congratulations to Westlake High School Head Football Coach Rick Clausen on being selected as the Los Angeles Rams Don Shula Coach of the Year!
From a winless 2024 season to undefeated in 2025, Coach Clausen has modeled excellence from day one of his inaugural year leading the Warrior Football Program. He has proven to Westlake’s student-athletes that hard work, grit, dedication and integrity will achieve greatness on the field and in life
Every year, each of the 32 NFL clubs nominates a high school coach for the Don Shula NFL Coach of the Year Award, named after Pro Football Hall of Famer Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history.
The nominated coaches are selected and judged based on values that Coach Shula excelled in during his career — character, integrity, leadership, dedication to the community, commitment to player health and safety and on-field success.
Coach Clausen was surprised with the LA Rams Don Shula Coach of the Year recognition by Rams Legend, Andrew Whitworth who presented him with the honor, along with two Super Bowl tickets.
Coach Clausen is now in the running for the title of the 2025 NFL Don Shula High School Coach of the Year Award, which recognizes the best in coaching at the high school level. The NFL will recognize two winners, one from each conference. The AFC and NFC award winners will be announced in the week prior to the Pro Bowl Games. The two winners will be invited to the Pro Bowl Games and will be recognized in special ways during the NFL's week-long celebration of football. The NFL Foundation and Nike have teamed up to provide the two winners a $15,000 award to their high school football programs and a $10,000 cash award. The other 30 club nominees will all receive a $1,000 cash award. Click here to learn more.
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Coffee, Conversations & Community: Meet CVUSD's School Resource Officers at the Brewing Connections: Back-to-School Coffee event on Tuesday, August 18th from 9am-11am at Makenna Koffee Company in Newbury Park.
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We are proud to provide all students with a Chromebook through the District’s 1:1 Program. To support this program, CVUSD is offering a Chromebook Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) program for families to eliminate the concern and costs of repairing or replacing damaged, or stolen Chromebooks.