Oregon football coach wins by 63 points — gets fired for onside kick

THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE?

SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do).

Oregon’s Marist Catholic High School fired coach Zach Loboy after a 63–0 victory over Cottage Grove.
His team attempted an onside kick while leading by more than 50 points, with less than two minutes left in the first half.
The game was called at halftime, and school officials said the events did not reflect their mission and values.

LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time).

Usually, winning a football game by 63 points is the sort of thing a coach puts on his résumé.

At one Oregon high school, it apparently helped put him in the unemployment line.

Marist Catholic High School in Eugene fired head football coach Zach Loboy following an extraordinary October 9 game against Cottage Grove. Marist won 63–0. And the second half never happened.

The Spartans had already built a lead of more than 50 points late in the first half when Loboy’s team attempted an onside kick. Yes, an onside kick. With the game completely out of reach and less than two minutes remaining before halftime.

Here is a clip of Marist Catholic onside kicking, up 57-0 late in the 2Q…

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Marist failed to recover that kick, but the Spartans intercepted a pass and scored another touchdown before the half ended. That pushed the score to 63–0.

Officials from the schools and the local football association subsequently agreed to stop the contest rather than play the second half. According to reports, Cottage Grove had only about 16 players suited up for the game.

Marist athletic director Rick Gardner said the performance went beyond the standards the school expects from its athletic program.

“What happened there is really not reflective of the school’s mission and how we want to treat our opponents,” Gardner told the Eugene Register-Guard.

He added that Marist’s athletic program is supposed to adhere to the school’s values and said, “In this particular case, we definitely fell short.”

The school subsequently removed Loboy as varsity head coach, effective immediately. The officials did not publicly state that the onside kick alone caused the firing, but the aggressive decision during a blowout became the central focus of the controversy.

#Breaking: Marist Catholic High School has confirmed with @KEZI9Sports that head coach Zach Loboy has indeed been removed from his position.

In a statement sent out to families, it is believed that Loboy was fired because of running up the score in the first half against Cottage Grove last Friday, which goes against the school’s mission and values.

For the remainder of the season, Jake Lowther will serve as interim Head Football Coach.

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— Brett Austin Taylor (@Brett_Taylor94) October 13, 2026

There are two ways to look at it. Some will argue that athletes should compete as hard as they can until the final whistle, and that winning by a large margin shouldn’t automatically be treated as misconduct.

Others will wonder why a coach needed more possessions while leading by roughly eight touchdowns against a team struggling to field enough players. The onside kick makes the latter question difficult to avoid.

Offensive line coach Jake Lowther has taken over on an interim basis. As for Loboy, his final game as head coach certainly wasn’t a loss on the scoreboard.

But when the other team doesn’t even have to play the second half, and you’re still trying to recover surprise kicks, the postgame conversation can apparently get pretty uncomfortable.