Offensive Coordinator

Anthony Morales started coaching at Buena in 2010. During that time he has coached at every level and every offensive skill position in the program and has been the Varsity Offensive Coordinator since 2018.

Morales graduated from Buena in 1991, lettering in Football and Baseball. He was 1st Team All Channel League and All Ventura County in both sports. He still holds the Buena Football record for the longest fumble recovery for a touchdown (1990 - 97 yards against Dos Pueblos).

Morales played Baseball and Football at Ventura College (1991 - 1993) and Football at CSU Chico (1993 - 1994).  Morales coached defensive backs in 1995 at CSU Chico and at Ventura College in 1996.  He received a BS in Occupational Studies/Vocational Arts from CSU Long Beach.

Morales retired after 21 1⁄2 years as a police officer with the Ventura Police Department in 2022. His last position was as a Detective Corporal in the Major Crimes unit.

Offensive Line

Trevor Payan is a 2009 graduate of Buena High School, where he played football and basketball.  He attended Ventura College where he also played football.  Payan returned to Buena to begin his coaching career and has been on campus since, coaching football, boys basketball, and girls basketball.  In addition to his role as an assistant in our program, Payan has been the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Buena since 2022. 

Payan works at Buena in the Special Education department.

Asst. Offensive Line

David Paul started coaching at Buena in 1997 then moved to San Diego for college.  He returned to Buena's staff in 2019 as an assistant Offensive Line coach.

Paul graduated from Buena in 1996, lettering in Football. He was 1st Team All Channel League and All Ventura County in 1995. A knee injury ended his playing career his Senior season.

Paul is married to Amy and has two children, Olivia and Jack. He works for Cottage Health in Santa Barbara.

Receivers

Barry Steinbock grew up in Los Gatos, California.  He attended Westmont High School (Class of 1988). Played football (defensive captain, all league free safety), soccer, and pole vaulted in high school, lettering in all 3 sports.

Steinbock received a degree in Environmental Studies from UCSB in 1993. He subsequently spent about 8 years travelling to and from Indonesia for surfing.  He returned permanently to the Santa Barbara area in 1999 and relocated to Ventura in 2005. Steinbock is married to his wife Jen and have 2 boys, Cuyler (Buena Football alum) and Cayden.  Began coaching high school football in 2024 but coached youth baseball for 10 years, managing 34 different teams and serving as the President for a local Little League for 5 years.

Quarterbacks

Adam Colman grew up in Burbank, CA. He graduated from Burbank High School in 2011, lettering in football and basketball. He was 1st Team All-Pacific League in both sports.

Colman earned his degree in Psychology from UCLA in 2015. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to teach mathematics and coach football at Burbank High School. In 2017, Colman was named the Head Football Coach at Burbank High School. In his seven years in the position, he led the Bulldogs to their 1st outright league championship in over 40 years and was named Pacific League Coach of the Year two times.

Colman married his wife, Sarah, in 2023 and the two have moved to Ventura to join the Buena community.

Defensive Line

Cornerbacks

Anthony Pelupessy brings in 23 years of football experience with time as a player and coach combined. A Buena alumnus of 2008, he played football and baseball for the Bulldogs. Pelupessy began coaching football at the high school level in 2014 as the receivers, defensive backs, and special teams coordinator for the Junior Varsity. Since then he has been coaching corners for both Varsity and Junior Varsity along with Coordinating Special Teams for both. In 2022 he was named Head Coach of the Junior Varsity with retaining the task of coaching corners and Special Teams for both JV and Varsity. 

Pelupessy works as an inspector for a machine shop in the Aerospace and Defense industry.

Defensive Assistant

Vance Griffin is a 2010 graduate of Buena High School, where he played football and track and field. He then attended Ventura College where he continued playing football and in 2012, he received a scholarship to Livingstone College in North Carolina. After graduating in 2015, Griffin returned to Buena and began his coaching career. He's had various roles in the program, including coaching Offensive Line, Defensive Line, OLBs, and serving as the JV Head Coach.

Griffin currently works for the Ventura County Probation Agency as a Deputy Probation Officer.

Defensive Line

Freshmen Head Coach

Offensive and Defensive Line

Alfredo Moreno is a 2019 Buena graduate who played football and track & field, lettering in both sports. Moreno coached at the youth level with the  Ventura Packers for 2 years before joining Buena's  coaching staff in 2022.  Moreno has coached JV and Varsity Offensive line as well as serving as the JV Offensive Coordinator.

Moreno works security for Allied Universal.

Receivers and Defensive Backs

Mike Villegas started coaching with the Buena Freshman team in 2020. Since that time he has worked with the Freshman team defensive backs and receivers. Mike is also a certified personal trainer, and strives to focus student athletes toward success on both the field and in the classroom.

Villegas graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara, with a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering. He retired from the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District after over 30 years of service, the last 17 years as the Executive Officer.

Villegas is married to Jeanette and has three adult children.

Defensive Coordinator

Receivers and Defensive Backs

Receivers and Defensive Backs