Joining the Falcon coaching staff for the first year is Sergio Medrano, who currently is the boy’s varsity soccer head coach and athletic director at Animo Leadership Charter High School in Inglewood. Medrano has been at Animo Leadership since 2001, one year after the school opened in 2000, founding the school’s athletic department that same year. Since the boy’s soccer team became a varsity sport in 2002-2003, he has compiled a 153-20-12 record in seven seasons reaching the CIF Semifinals four times, CIF State Semifinals two times, and winning a CIF Championship in 2007. During the championship campaign in 2007, he was named the NSCAA West Region Coach of the Year and the CIF Coach of the Year. The Animo soccer program has sent many players to various D1, D2, NAIA, and JC programs.

As a player, Medrano played three varsity seasons at Hawthorne High School earning All-Ocean League and All-CIF Honors and in his senior year earned the Ocean League MVP in 1991. He went on to play for the USC Club Soccer team from 1991-1995 and captained the last two years.

Medrano graduated from USC in 1996 with a B.S. in Exercise Science. He currently holds three teaching credentials in Science, Physical Education, and Multiple Subject. He also currently holds a “D” coaching license.