Justin Clymo is the Director of Athletics and Head Boys Basketball Coach at Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, CA. He has taught high school for over 20 years. He spent nine years at El Camino High School in Sacramento, CA where he served as the head basketball coach in addition to coaching the boys golf and cross country teams. In 2008 he led the Eagles to the CIF Sac-Joaquin section championship where they defeated eventual state finalist Sacramento HS by scoring a section record 59 second half points. He spent two years at Palma School, an all boys’ Catholic school, where he taught English and religious studies and served as the Physical Education department chair while coaching basketball and baseball. Justin returned to [the Stevenson School,] his alma mater in 2010 as the Director of Activities, a position he held until his appointment as Director of Athletics in 2017. He has coached cross country and he coached the girls basketball team to a CIF Central Coast section semi-finals appearance in 2015 and has led the boys team to the semi-finals three times since taking over in 2016. Before his time at El Camino, he coached for Bob Williams and Brian Fogel at UC Davis where they won the 1998 NCAA division II national championship.

Hot Seat Week 13: With the regular season over, will more jobs start opening up?
Florida State, Miami and Stanford are next in line to potentially make a change.
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Here are the list of jobs that could open up with the regular season done, and are worth monitoring for college football fans going forward.
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David Shaw, Stanford
It was another down season at Stanford for Shaw, who is starting to feel the pressure build after a successful run until recent seasons. The Cardinal have had resources and cache but recruiting has been an issue due to the school’s lofty academic standards. Unlike some of the other coaches on this list. Shaw has had some success early in his tenure. That might be enough to allow him to stick around through one more coaching cycle.

Justin Wilcox, California
Cal is not in the business of competing for national championships in football every year but the program does have a baseline for success. Wilcox seemed to be on an upward trajectory after his first three seasons before plummeting to four wins over the last two seasons. The Bears can still get a win when they play USC next week, although that won’t get them to a bowl game. The only way Wilcox gets a reprieve is if the administration decides the COVID pandemic played a big hand in the team’s recent failures. Wilcox’s name has also been floated around for the Washington opening, so Cal’s decision could be made for them by a Pac-12 North rival.

https://dknation.draftkings.com/2021/11/28/22805648/college-football-week-13-coaching-hot-seat-manny-diaz-david-shaw-mike-norvell-justin-wilcox

Heard that. Also saw a rumor the other day that Lane Kiffin might head back to USC. This is the craziest year I can recall for coaching rumors. Heck this has been a crazy couple of years for rumors of any kind. Thank goodness we don't talk politics here.

EDIT: The Lincoln Riley rumor seems to be that rare type of rumor - a true one.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32737893/lincoln-riley-leaving-oklahoma-become-usc-head-football-coach-sources-say

A couple of bad years in the midst of all that has gone on over the last couple of seasons? Stanford isn't the SEC and it can't be easy to recruit there. They should keep him.

(This probably isn't a good year to start shopping for coaches. Can you compete with USC, Florida, LSU, etc. on the job market?)

Maybe we need someone like that guy at Sacramento State.

His contract may end sooner than he expected.

It is worse, in part because the Urban Knights exhibited that they could best us once. Thanks though for the clarification. I thought that was a regular game. Good to know we are only 0-1 all time against the art school.

This was one of the footnotes to the Stanford football upset. We had out performed the Trees in a scrimmage the previous season. They had to know the Ags were capable of beating them. That was more fun than this.

UC Merced Bobcats must be licking their chops.

So we are 0-2 all-time against an art school?

I don't have the time or energy to check their schedules now but with the WAC resumimg football at the FCS level next fall there may be some teams there looking for games. WAC football teams will be Abilene Christian, Dixie State, Lamar, Sam Houston State, Southern Utah, Stephen F. Austin, and Tarleton State.

Hopefully not the Lincoln Oaklanders.

South Dakota State opens at Iowa next year. Hard to travel to Davis when you can get Big Ten money, and maybe pull a North Dakota State like upset, against those FBS teams.

So. Illinois 22, South Dakota 10
SE Louisiana 38, Florida A&M 14

Incarnate Word defeated S.F. Austin, 35-28 in OT.

Good find. Thanks.

I tried to come up with something other than "AINO" because it's a little gross in an anatomical sort of way and I sure didn't mean that. No disrespect meant to Coach Laird, just a little frustration that he ended up on the wrong side of the Sacramento River.

At that time I was working in a large office. One of the other employees was a Sac State graduate who never rooted for Davis, until the playoffs. The employee was related to the Lairds. We would listen to the games and send office emails back and forth about the Aggies' success. As a result I was pretty sure Brandon was on the team that year. I will be the first to admit that the story about the foul may be nothing more than a rumor, but a good one. I believe I heard it from that relative, but at this point in my life I will never bet the farm on my memory.

I also have a friend who lives in the Arden area and at one time the Lairds lived in the same neighborhood. My friend had a basketball hoop in his driveway and the Lairds were there from time to time for neighborhood pick-up games. My friend is happy to take a little credit for Brandon's development.

I won't rehash it now, but there are a couple of articles out there about Brandon being an up and coming star in college coaching ranks. There is some grumbling on the Sac State fan site about the timing of Katz' retirement with the suggestion Katz timed it to force the Sac AD into making Brandon interim coach. https://www.bigskyfans.com/hornets/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5503 They may not be grumbling when the season is over.

I will cut and paste a Bee article with more...

"Any places in town showing the game? Gunrock Pub?Woodstock Pizza?"

Woodstock's:
https://ucdavis.imodules.com/controls/email_marketing/view_in_browser.aspx?sid=1768&gid=2&sendId=3000679&ecatid=19&puid=c3f1fd43-b3f4-41f9-bace-246cc364a6d4

Happy Thanksgiving to Aggies everywhere. Lots to be thankful for in a challenging year.

I believe he played that season:

Aggies To Hold Reunion Game On Friday
Feb. 13, 2008
DAVIS, Calif. - UC Davis will honor its 1998 men's basketball national championship team this week as part of a 10th anniversary weekend at The Pavilion. The events include a game Friday night featuring the 1998 championship team against other UC Davis alumni. The 1998 team will also be honored during halftime of the Aggies' contest against UC Santa Barbara Saturday night.
All but one of the 14 players on the 1997-98 UC Davis team will be playing in Friday's game. They include J.P. Bergez, Jason Cox, Scott Darmstadt, Justis Durkee,Brandon Laird, Travon Dugar Muhammad, current Aggie assistant coach Kevin Nosek, Dante Ross, Jon Surface, John Surina, Keith Jackson, J.C. Timmons and Chris Vlasic. Current Aggie administrative assistant Duane Kouba and Justin Clymo, who were both part of Williams' staff that year, will also be on hand.
https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2008/2/13/Aggies_To_Hold_Reunion_Game_On_Friday


First-year Menlo basketball coach Brandon Laird, a member of the 1998 UC Davis Div. II national champions, is as excited about his latest recruit as Lindsey is about the opportunity.
https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2007/06/01/a-transfer-worthwhile/


2000-2001 UC DAVIS VARSITY PLAYERS
BRANDON LAIRD , 6-2, 180, Senior Guard
2.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg, .299 fg%, .254 3pt% , .818 ft%, 48 ast, 23 to, 13 stl in 1999-00
Played in 12 games in 1998-99
Played in 18 games in 1997-98
Agricultural and Managerial Economics Major, from Sacramento, CA
https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/BallDIRECTORY/UCDGrads.html

FROM HIS BIO ON THE SAC STATE WEBSITE:
A graduate of UC Davis, Laird played four seasons with the Aggies (1997-01). During his four-year tenure, he appeared in 85 games and helped the Aggies to a combined record of 93-24, including a 31-2 mark in 1997-98 when they captured the Division II national title.
https://www.hornetsports.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/lairdbrandon?view=bio



Cutting and pasting photos onto the Aggie Sports Talk site is beyond my skill set at the moment, but the following sites have photos of the championship team and Brandon is included:

1997-1998 UC DAVIS AGGIES 
NCAA DIVISION II MEN'S BASKETBALL 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

front row (left to right) : Keith Jackson, J. C. Timmons, Travon Dugar, Dante Ross, Brandon Laird, Kevin Nosek 
middle row (left to right) : Chris Unti (mgr.), Duane Kouba (asst. coach), Justin Clymo (student asst. coach), Bob Williams (head coach), Brian Fogel (asst. coach), Trevor Shickman (asst. coach), Omar Sanchez (mgr.) 
back row (left to right) : Justis Durkee, J. P. Bergez, Jason Cox, Rick Gonzales, Jonathan Surface, John Surina, Chris Vlasic, Scott Darmstadt
https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/BallDIRECTORY/DIRECTORY96-98/Teampicture98.html

While post Justis Durkee bears guard Dante Ross on his shoulders and wing Scott Darmstadt peeks around Durkee for a look, the rest of the UC Davis men's basketball team flanks former head coach Bob Williams. To Williams' (with microphone) right are Jason Cox (smiling),Brandon Laird (holding plaque), J.C. Timmons (in the forefront of Laird), Jonathan Surface and Chris Vlasic (to Timmons' right).
Photo by Wayne Tilcock / Aggie
From the California Aggie, Friday April 3, 1998
https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/BallDIRECTORY/DIRECTORY96-98/Title.html

UCD players from the 1998 Division II national title-winning squad celebrate a win during that postseason run. The players include Chris Vlasic (55), Travon Dugar (23), John Surina (30) and current Aggie assistant coach Brandon Laird. UCD is celebrating 100 years of men’s basketball with activities on Saturday and alumni from throughout the program’s history will be in attendance. Mark Bullard/Enterprise file photo
https://www.davisenterprise.com/uncategorized/ucd-men-to-celebrate-100-years/

Brandon grew up in the Arden area and went to El Camino High School. Attended UCD and was a freshman, I think, on the D-II national championship team. There is a rumor that he got some mop-up playing time in an early game at the D-II Elite Eight tournament...went in and immediately fouled someone so that he got his name in the record books. May or may not be true, but a good story.

His brother, Sean, also went to El Camino and went on to become a quarterback at St. Mary's College.

Slack State has a better record at the Golden 1 than the Kings do.

Somebody needs to revoke Coach Laird's UCD Alumni Ass'n membership. If we talked politics here I'd say AINO, Aggie In Name Only,....but we don't, so I won't.