Cornelius

In one season at the helm, Cornelius led the Knights to a Desert Empire League championship.

At Xavier Prep, where girls' coach Thaddis Bosley coached both the boys' and girls' teams last year, Ty Thomas will officially take over as the boys' coach and Bosley will be the girls' coach. "Being undefeated in the DEL is no easy task. La Quinta's Caleb Gervin stepped down last week, leaving a vacancy with the Blackhawks. Thomas was an assistant with the Saints this past season and has plenty of previous coaching experience in the desert, most recently as head coach at La Quinta before Gervin was hired. "We're grateful for Coach Cornelius and what he was able to accomplish here in such a short amount of time," Walsh said. Cornelius said he has another coaching opportunity that is waiting for board approval, and that the main impetus for his decision to leave was to try to move closer to his Rancho Cucamonga home.