John "Andy" Boynton

John "Andy" Boynton was born on March 14th, 1961, in Berkeley, California to Lois and Tom Boynton. His family lived in Oakland until his Father was relocated to La Crescenta in Los Angeles. His formative years were spent backpacking through the high sierras with his brother and father, and later on the football field at Crescent Valley High School, where he discovered what would become a lifelong love and passion for the game. He returned to the San Francisco Bay Area for junior college and then transferred to Saint Mary's University in Moraga, California on a football scholarship. After college, he began coaching at the college level, spending a year as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but couldn't stay too long away from beautiful and temperature California. Following his foray into college football, he returned to Los Angeles and began coaching at the High School level. It was in LA that he met Laura, his first wife, and the mother of his son Stephen Boynton, who was born in 1990 in Glendale, while he was teaching and coaching at a private catholic high school in Orange County. In 1994, Andy, in search of an environment quieter than the rush of LA, began looking for jobs in the Inland Empire. He quickly found a Head Coach position at Hemet High School and he and his family relocated to Temecula's French Valley. In the peace of the countryside he pursued the quieter pursuits of fishing and falconry. In 1998, Laura Boynton passed away and Andy and Stephen relocated to Hemet proper. In 2001 he remarried Connie, who would become his lifelong partner. He continued to teach and coach at Hemet High until 2010, at which point he ceased coaching and relocated to Tahquitz High School, assisting part-time with the MSJC football team on the side. He took up cycling and eventually became an avid mountain biker, rising at 5 almost every day in order to ride through Bautista Canyon as the sun rose over the valley. He never missed a sunset, sitting in his backyard in Valle Vista every day to take in the spectacle of colors over the valley. He is survived by his wife, Connie, his son, Stephen, and the countless lives of players and students that he touched.