Congratulations to legendary retired ECC football coach John Featherstone who was recently inducted into the California Community Colleges Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The award honors those in the California Community Colleges who show exemplary participation and dedication to their chosen sport.
Featherstone joins a prominent group of coaches and players who have contributed to California Community Colleges football programs. Past inductees include: Pete Carroll, Bill Walsh, Dick Vermeil, John Madden, Jackie Robinson, Hugh McElhenny, Ollie Matson, Keith Calkins, Joe Perry, Tom Dempsey, Steve Smith, Aaron Rodgers, Brent Carder, and Herman "Herm" Edwards.
After more than 30 years leading the successful ECC Warriors football program, Featherstone retired at the end of the 2015 season. A legend in community college football, Featherstone had the highest winning percentage of any active coach in the southern section of California at the time of his retirement.
A South Bay native, Featherstone's affiliation with the El Camino College football program began as a student-athlete (1967-1968), and includes his ECC coaching career, which began in 1985. Since then, he built the Warrior football program's long tradition of producing scholar-athletes who have continued to the university level; some even making their way into the professional ranks.
Featherstone's influence as a community leader is far reaching, with numerous athletes, students, alumni, colleagues and friends all over the country supporting his work through the years and remaining dedicated to football and El Camino College.