Head Coach: Brent Lavoie

Brent Lavoie was born in Riverside, CA on Jan 14th 1981. He relocated to Springfield, Missouri in the 6th grade. He was a 1999 Glendale High School Grad where he played baseball, football, and golf for the Fighting Falcons. He loved the baseball diamond & held down the Hot Corner at 3B. He helped lead his squad to the State Championship Game in ’98 finishing as Runner-Ups. The Falcons set a school record for wins during the Summer Legion season with an overall record of 52-9. His senior year Glendale won another District Championship and made a run to the State Quarterfinals. Lavoie earned All-Conference & All-District honors. He was also the team’s Golden Glove Recipient.

Lavoie was recruited to play collegiately at Missouri Valley College in Marshal, Missouri. He started at SS in 2000 on their JV squad and was able to use it as a redshirt year. He then headed to North Arkansas Junior College in Harrison, Arkansas. There he played the 2001 & 2002 seasons. He was a Team Captain, earned 1st Team All-Conference honors & won Golden Glove Awards playing primarily 2B for the Pioneers. Lavoie returned back to his Southern California roots and played 2 seasons at Biola University in 2003 & 2004. He earned a degree in communications and loved playing baseball for former Big League Pitcher, Coach John Verhoeven. He was a 2-year starter for the Eagles at 2B and helped lead his team to the 2003 NAIA College World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. He crushed a bomb his 1st World Series at bat! In 2004 he was a Team Captain. Lavoie committed only 5 errors in 2 seasons and had the highest fielding % on the team. The sure handed Second Baseman loved to flash the leather & was notorious for laying down the surprise push bunt to find his way on base.

The 2025 Season is his 19th season as a high school head coach with 17 of those on Varsity & 2 on JV. The last 7 seasons were at Long Beach Poly. Valley Christian, Whittier, La Mirada (JV), Whittier Christian LB Poly hark all the stops. Lavoie currently serves as an assistant coach for the Long Beach CBA Bears travel ball organization. He also coached 6 seasons with Summer Collegiate Teams. He served as Head Coach of the Gold Coast Miners (’08), East LA Dodgers (’09-’12), assistant with the FCA Teams the So Cal Catch (’14), and So Cal Shepherds in ’20. He also served as an asst Chaplain.

His 1st Head Coaching job in 2006 was at Valley Christian where he led the squad to an Olympic League Championship. In 2007 he took the reins at Whittier High School & doubled their win total his first year. He was named a Whittier Rotary All- Star Head Coach in 2008. Lavoie then teamed up with La Mirada High School as the Head JV coach. His JV Matador’s claimed Back-to-Back Suburban League Championships in ’09 &’10. In 2011 he took over at Whittier Christian. He coached the Heralds for 6 seasons and won 100 games, claimed an Olympic League Championship, had 3 league runner-ups & 5 CIF Playoff Berths. The 2011 squad went 23-6 overall & 11-1 in league play capturing the Olympic League Title. He was named the 2011 Whittier Daily News Coach of the Year and again a Whittier Rotary All Star Game Head Coach.

Lavoie was hired in the summer of 2016 at nationally recognized Long Beach Poly High School. The ’17 squad reached the CIF Playoff’s in Lavoie’s 1st season. In just his 2nd season the program did something quite remarkable. Poly won their 1st CIF Playoff game since 2006! Just 2 days later they won their 2nd Playoff game! This accomplishment hadn’t been done during any of the current player’s lifetime. History was made and the ’18 Legacy was firmly cemented. The 2019 Squad then followed that up with an OUTRIGHT MOORE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!! Their 1st since 2012 and only the 2nd in the last 34 years! Lavoie was named the Long Beach Press Telegram Coach of the Year. The 2020 squad was poised to make history and claim the 1st ever Back-to-Back Moore League Titles. Covid-19 had other plans only 10 games into the season. The 2021 wanted to honor the class of 2020 and did so by going out and claiming the Moore League Title on the final day of the season at LB Wilson. It was a celebration like no other and Poly’s 1st Ever Back-to-Back Moore League Titles. The Rabbits made the CIF Playoffs in 2022 and were hungry to achieve more in 2023. This resilient squad posted one of the best seasons in Poly History going 23-5 overall, winning another Moore League Title with a perfect 12-0 League record, and advancing all the way to the State Regional Playoffs for the first time in school history. That tallied a historical 3 of the last 4 Moore League Titles!

 Lavoie was named the So Cal FCA Baseball Coach of the Year in 2015. In 2020 he was named the National FCA Baseball Coach of the Year at the annual ABCA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He followed a long list of coaches from the college & high school ranks who have made a significant impact in the sport.

Lavoie is a Special Education Teacher that has taught almost every subject the last 18 years. He taught at La Mirada, Millikan, and LB Poly high school and his new assignment for the ’24-25 school year will be teaching Math at Rancho Santa Margarita Middle School. He is excited and pumped up for this opportunity to serve in the Saddleback Valley Unified District for many years to come!

He married his best friend Kristen-Wesley Lavoie (former USA Junior Olympic Softball player & Biola University Pitcher ’06 Grad) on July 21st 2013. They live in Newport Beach with their Australian Kelpie doggy Cali a.k.a “The Coo”. Cali Coo is known for her great anticipation, fast twitch explosiveness, incredible agility, and raw speed that has defined her a species like no other. She loves the baseball field where she can demonstrate her skill-sets. She’s extremely pumped up for the new season at Trabuco Hills High School & the Mustang family. She spent 7 years outrunning Jackrabbits and is now ready for the new challenge of racing horses!