New era for FHS basketball team

FALLBROOK — The guests at last week’s Fallbrook Village Rotary meeting were Fallbrook High School (FHS) basketball coach Jeff Brandon and players Jake Ware and Derik Hasvold.

Brandon went through school in Carlsbad, where he played basketball, then went to San Diego State.

He planned to go into law, but one summer, when he was 18, he coached a youth camp. That experience was so inspiring that he changed his career to teaching.

Brandon taught at Oceanside prior to moving to Fallbrook.

His goal is to get the community’s enthusiasm up to fully support their basketball team.

According to Brandon,...