Carson Palmer, the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner, has been appointed as the new head coach of Santa Margarita High School, his alma mater. The announcement was made on social media by the Catholic prep school on Friday.
Located in Rancho Santa Margarita, a prosperous suburb of southern Orange County, Santa Margarita High School has a storied football program. Palmer enjoyed a successful high school career there in the late 1990s, boasting a record of 32-2-1 as a starter and winning back-to-back CIF Southern Section titles.
Last year, Palmer returned to the school to assist informally, where his son, Fletch, is a quarterback in the 2028 class. After his time at Santa Margarita, Palmer played four seasons at USC, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2002 under coach Pete Carroll.
Palmer was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Over a 15-year professional career, he played for the Bengals, the Oakland Raiders, and the Arizona Cardinals, leading the Cardinals to the NFC Championship Game in January 2016.
Now 45, Palmer retired from professional football in January 2018.
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