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Artie Allen
Artie Allen

Bio

EDUCATION:
Chaffey College
San Bernardino Valley College
New Mexico Highlands 

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
Chaffey College
New Mexico Highlands 

COACHING EXPERIENCE:
Arizona Western College
New Mexico Highlands
Oak Hills High School 

 

Coach Allen is entering his 5th  total season on the Panther coaching staff. This will be his second season as associate head coach and offensive coordinator and Quarterback coach. In Allen’s first season as Offensive Coordinator, the Panther offense saw significant improvements scoring 43 points a game and breaking school records for receiving yards in a game (512) and receiving TDs in a game (7) both vs Santa Ana College, and most points in a game (91) vs Compton College. Allen also had the privilege of coaching Metro Conference Player of the year Caleb Arreola. 

As a player, Allen  played at Rialto High School making All League receiver honors as a Junior. In his senior year, Allen transferred to Bloomington High School and went on to win the 1999  CIF Championship and amass over 2,000 yards rushing and 30 TDs. 

During his playing career, Coach Allen played both cornerback and safety on defense. 

After he graduated in 2000, Coach Allen was recruited by Coach Carl Beach and Rob Hadaway to come play at Chaffey College. At Chaffey, Allen was a part of a 9-2 and 10-1 team that went undefeated in regular season play.  Allen started at receiver and returned both punts and kicks.

After two seasons at Chaffey, Coach Allen earned a scholarship to New Mexico Highlands University where he started for two years at receiver and kick returner.

His coaching career began in 2008 coaching quarterbacks and receivers at Carter High School in Rialto. Allen spent his first 2 years helping turn a program that went 2-8 the prior season, into a playoff team in one season. He has helped mentor Division 1 athletes from both on offense and defense, such as Ryan Coleman (Idaho) and Valtray Jackson (Central Missouri). Allen also coached DBs and ran special teams at Carter. 

Coach Allen’s aspirations to coach college led him to his alma mater New Mexico Highlands. coaching receivers. Due to a mid-season coaching change, Coach Allen became the offensive coordinator for half of the season. During his time at Highlands, Allen coached standpoint Kevon Williams who holds the record for most career receiving yards and catches in school history. 

After staying on for the new staff change at NMHU during spring of 2011, Coach Allen was offered his first coaching position at a Juco, Arizona Western College. He was responsible for coaching the receiver position. Coach Allen helped the Matadors attain an undefeated regular season record as well as a bid to the NJCAA National Championship game, where the Matadors lost to East Mississippi 47-55. Coach Allen had the opportunity to coach standouts receivers such as Sean Kitchens (Auburn) and Josh Ford (Kansas, Atlanta Falcons). 

Coach Allen, would spend another season at Carter High coaching quarterbacks and helping the Lions to  an undefeated regular season in 2012. The Lions made it up to the semifinals of the CIF SS playoffs. During this time, Allen had the opportunity to coach a Division 1 athlete and current Green Bay Packer, Kenny Clark.

Coach Allen came over to Chaffey in 2013 to coach receivers and run the special teams. In their first season Chaffey went from 2-8 to undefeated in conference (the previous season) to win the American division title. In 2014, Allen was able to bring in a special group of receivers that broke multiple school records. Marquis Wimberly (Texas A&M Commerce) is #1 in All-time receiving yards (1441) and receiving TDs in a season (14). Alec Dana (Utah) holds the record for most receiving yards in a game (247). Many other receivers under Coach Allen have moved on to receive division 1, 2, and NAIA scholarships.

Coach Allen then decided to go back to the high school ranks where he had an opportunity to call an offense again. In 2015, he went over to Oak Hills High School as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Bulldog offense would see great success on offense under his leadership as they went on to win the first CIF Championship of the district’s history. During the Bulldogs 4 game playoff run they would score 54, 43, 33, and 40 points respectively each round. 

In 2016, Coach Allen moved into his first head coaching position at Oak Hills High School. He then lead the Bulldogs to a 8-2 regular season and an unfortunate first round exit of the division 3 CIF playoffs. Allen would again help mentor multiple Division 1 athletes such as Brandon Porter (NAU), Aramis Aldredge (NAU), Kevin Davis (UAB). 

Coach Allen received a Master’s degree in Kinesiology as well as his B.A. in the same. 

Coach Allen and his wife, Amber, have two children, Alijah and Arielle.