Varsity Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Mike Papadopoulos Coach Pop is a 1986 graduate of Armijo High. While at Armijo, Coach Pop participated in football, wrestling, track and baseball. After high school he attended UC Davis where he played football and rugby for the Aggies. Coach Pop has been coaching at Vacaville High School since 1992. He became the Varsity Head Coach in 2005. During his tenure, the Bulldogs have won thirteen MEL Championships. He has also led the Bulldogs to two SJS Section Championships in 2006 and 2011. In 2011 he was named the ESPN Cal-Hi State Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs to a 13-1 record and SJS Section Championship. His overall coaching record stands at 150-52 in 18 years as head coach, 81-7 in the MEL. He has was the head track and field coach from 1993 until 2016. During his tenure, the track and field program has won 18 MEL Championships and 1 SJS Section title. Coach Pop was also honored in 2011 by the Sac-Joaquin Section as a SJS Section Model Coach, and in 2020 was named to the Sac Bee All Decade coaching staff. He is married to his wife Karen. They have two daughters, Jessica and Nicole.

Assistant Coach Alden Borja

Assistant Coach Cassius Reynolds

Assistant Coach Matt Altieri