Elfman to Coach Irvine Girls’ Soccer

Michael Elfman has been named Irvine girls’ soccer coach, Athletic Director Rick Curtis said Wednesday.

Elfman, a junior varsity coach at Irvine last season, succeeds Hamid Sedehi, who took a similar job at Capistrano Valley.

Elfman coached at Santa Margarita from 1992 to 1994 and won two Sea View League titles there. He has also coached at Laguna Beach.

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Shawn Cassidy, who during the last two seasons has been coaching Orange Lutheran’s freshman boys’ basketball team, has been named varsity coach, the school announced.

Cassidy’s freshman team won the Olympic League championship last season.

Orange Lutheran also announced that Nancy Paul will become the school’s athletic director, replacing Jeff Pressman, who had been interim director during the 1994-95 school year.

Paul has been with Orange Lutheran since 1975 and represents the Orange League as girls’ coordinator to the Southern Section Council.