Victor Santa Cruz

Victor Santa Cruz is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California, a position he has held since 2006.

Playing career

Santa Cruz played college football as a linebacker at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He redshirted in 1990 and then played four seasons from 1991 to 1994 for the Hawaii Warriors.

Coaching career

Santa Cruz is the current head football coach for the Azusa Pacific Cougars. After serving as an assistant coach at Azusa Pacific for five years, Santa Cruz became head coach after the 2005 season, replacing Pete Shinnick, who left to take on the task of reviving the football program at UNC Pembroke.

As of the end of the 2014 season, Santa Cruz's coaching record at Azusa Pacific was 53–45 (.541) . This tied him for second in program history in total wins, and fourth in winning percentage. In 2013, he led the Cougars to a 10-2 season, winning the first conference championship in school history and winning the school's second national championship with a 67–0 win over Greenville College in the 2013 Victory Bowl. In 2014 Santa Cruz led the program to their first ever back to back 10 win season, posting a 10–1 record, winning their second straight conference title. Santa Cruz was named coach of the year in 2013 and 2014 by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and in 2013 by the NCCAA.

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz (or Santacruz) may refer to:

Places

Africa

Asia and Oceania

India

Philippines

Europe

Portugal

Azores

Santa Cruz (Lagoa)

Santa Cruz (Portuguese for Holy Cross) is a parish in the municipality of Lagoa in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 3,671, in an area of 14.27 km².

References

Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória)

History

Since the beginning of the island's settlement, Praia has been an important centre: it was the centre of the first Captaincy of Terceira (1456-1470), under the command of Jácome de Bruges, then the first Donatary-Captain. Praia was elevated to the status town in 1480, under the stewardship of then Donatry-Captain Álvaro Martins Homem. At the end of the 15th and then 16th century, it contributed to the economy and prosperity of the region.

In 1582, D. António, Prior of Crato disembarked in the Praia, escaping his conflict with Phillip II of Spain, where he was acclaimed by the people's of the Azores. At the end of the Phillippian dynastic union, Francisco Ornelas da Câmara acclaimed D. John IV of Portugal as King of Portugal on 24 March 1641 in the courtyard of the parochial church. He was supported by the gathered populous, ending a period of Spanish occupation.

During the Liberal Wars between Liberals and Absolutists (1828-1834) the citizens of Praia sided with Liberal faction, resulting in a battle on 11 August 1829. An Miguelist armada, that included 21 ships and military troops that landed, confronted the local population, who resisted heroically and defeated the powerful armada. This victory influenced Queen D. Maria II to change and bestow the name of Praia da Vitória to community.