Verdugo takes over as BHS cross country coach

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

Michelle Verdugo is now the Bonsall High School cross country coach.

Verdugo takes over for Tamara Miller, who is now an assistant coach at Fallbrook High School.

"They needed a coach and I was invited to do the job," Verdugo said. "It's just an awesome opportunity I hope impacts our young adult students in hopefully a life-changing way."

Verdugo was raised in Montebello and attended St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs where she ran cross country and track and was also a cheerleader. She lived in Marina Del Rey and Dana Point before moving to Bonsall 13 ye...