Bio

Coach Slover is entering his 7th season on the Chaffey College coaching staff, 4th as defensive coordinator and 11th overall season in the profession.

Coach Slover will oversee all aspects of the defense, coach the linebackers, and also be in charge of various administrative duties as the Assistant Head Coach.

As a player Coach Slover prepped 4 Varsity seasons at South Hills High School (West Covina).  During his career Coach Slover was part of 4 league championship teams and went to 3 C.I.F. Finals with two victories. Slover was a team captain as a senior and was the only 4-year letterman in the class of 2007, he was honored as an All-League, All-C.I.F., and all San Gabriel Valley selection in both his Junior and Senior seasons as a Defensive End and Center. Despite having garnered attention from college recruiters Coach Slover suffered an ACL knee injury to end his high school career and decided to attend community college at Fullerton College. While at Fullerton College Coach Slover was part of back to back undefeated league championship teams and appeared in the Southern California Semi-Finals two years in a row with a loss in double and triple overtime respectively. Individually while at Fullerton Coach Slover was part of the teams’ leadership council and received a total of 12 offers before choosing Chadron State over South East Missouri State and North Dakota State.  While at Chadron state Coach Slover did not compete after suffering a shoulder injury and undergoing a 3rd knee procedure. Slover, then finished his collegiate playing career at Western New Mexico University as part of the team’s leadership council and representative for the student athlete advisory committee. After graduating with a degree in Kinesiology with a minor in coaching Slover was immediately offered a job at his Alma Mater.

Slover began his Coaching Career Coaching Running backs, in his first year with the running backs the unit was not responsible for 1 QB Sack on the season. Also, in his first year working with senior running back Abe Macias, Slover helped break a then school record for rushing yards per game, and rushing yards in a single season. This helped Abe Macias earn All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Honors. That year the Mustangs finished the season strong earning 244 yards on the ground and had three touchdowns in the finale.

In year two Slover was moved to the defensive side of the ball coaching the defensive line. In his first season not only did he help the unit break their previous season sacks and sacks per game total he also helped a pair of his defensive linemen earn All-RMAC honors in Zachary Dembrowski and Anthony Avina.

Coach Slover wrapped up his 3rd year at WNMU by once again beating the previous seasons sack and sack per game total. While helping Shiane Tupua earn all RMAC honors with a team leading 10 tackles for Loss. More importantly his unit was the top grading unit for 9 of the 11 games played that season.

Slover was hired at Chaffey College in April 2016 to Coach the defensive line. In his first season he continued his 3 year mark of breaking the previous seasons sack per game total. That season also saw coach Slover mentor true freshman Kelon Ferdinand to 2nd team all National-Central Conference. After that season Coach Slover helped multiple defensive lineman earn scholarships to the next level including: Kia Higgins (Purdue), Joseph Sanchez (Oklahoma Baptist), Titus Stewart (Oklahoma Baptist), Kyon Clark (Fort Hays State), and Chris Roach (Robert Morris)

In his second season at Chaffey College the Defensive line was a bright spot for the defense. The defensive line lead the team in every defensive statistical category outside of overall tackles. This proved to be a very talented unit as multiple players went on to sign scholarship offers to continue their career. Dominion Ezinwa (UNLV), Vincent Elefante (Liberty University), Erick Garcia (Texas Southern), Kelon Ferdinand (Missouri-Western), and Vincent Lovett (Western State Colorado).

In his third season at Chaffey College and first as the Defensive Coordinator, the defense broke records and led the state in various categories. The Panthers D placed first out of 62 teams in the state in rush yards allowed per Game (53.5) and Defensive TDs (8). They were also top-3 in total yards per game allowed (248.4) and points per game (13.9). Also Highlighting the Panthers season was handing Mt. Sac their first 0-point performance verse any opponent in more than 15 years and Having 3 total Shut out victories. Last season saw several defensive players sign to 4-year colleges including: Mason Vega (Hawaii), Aaron Lewis (UNLV), Dwight Dantzler (Lindenwood), Jalen Smith (Friends), Andrew Rodriguez (Lindenwood), Daryl Aggers (Lyon College), Bryan Wilcotts (Virginia Union), Devon Stubbs(Bethune Cookman), Dorrian Fedrick (Sioux Falls), Marquise Green (Fort Hayes), Jonathan Williams (Fort Hayes), Robert Maxwell (Montana State University-Northern), and Carlos Tobar (La Verne),

In his fourth season at Chaffey College and 2nd as the Defensive Coordinator, the defense continued to break records and led the state in multiple categories. The Defense held opponents to an astonishing 12.4 points per game to rank 1st in southern california. Other rankings in the top 5 state wide include opp. total yards per game at 253 and opp. pass yards per game at 159 yards, both top 5 respectively. The trend also continued with multiple defensive players signing to 4-year colleges including: Gary Theard (UTEP), Francisco Jimenez (Samford), Musa Traylor (Fort Lewis College), Simeon Burns (Chowan), David Martinez (Sioux Falls), Tayari Venable (Black Hills State), Ryan Torres (University of La Verne), and Charles Okpala (New Mexico State).

In January of 2020 Coach Slover received the honor of representing Chaffey College by presenting at the national convention for the American Football Coaches Association as 1 of only 4 community college coaches selected. Unfortunately, the Chaffey College football program did not compete in 2020 because of the corona virus pandemic.

In 2021 Chaffey College returned to action safely and successfully while also being able to compete in all games and practices without any pandemic related cancellations. Despite many obstacles presented by the return from the pandemic many defensive student athletes returned to action and earn scholarships to 4-year colleges including all-conference safety Almani Bishop (Central Washington), Psyer Blakely (Adams State), Xavier Brayboy (New Mexico Highlands), Noah Villa (Graceland), Matthew Lara (Arizona Christian), and Daniel Miles (Central Methodist University).

Coach Slover resides in Brea, California with his Wife Valerie and their Children Joseph (7), Jacob (2), and Joshua (1). Slover earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (2013) with a minor in Coaching, and a Masters of Arts in Education and Educational Leadership (2015). Outside of Coaching, Slover has been an adjunct professor at his alma mater Western New Mexico University and at Chaffey College teaching in the kinesiology nutrition and athletics department. PJS.