Santa Clara’s O’Brien Promoted in Football

Santa Clara High stayed in-house to fill its football coaching vacancy, naming assistant Tom O’Brien as the replacement for Larry Lawrence, who retired last month, Athletic Director Lou Cvijanovich said Thursday.

O’Brien, 35, has coached football at the Oxnard school for nine years, shuttling between the head coaching position on the junior varsity and serving as an assistant for the varsity, where he coached last season.