This is not a typical combine or camp. Earning a four-year college football scholarship is more competitive now than ever before. 

We specialize in training high school lineman aspiring to get to the next level. Lineman technique involves a lot of details and muscle memory. The top high school quarterbacks have specialized training beyond what they do with their high school teams. 

This is where Jesse came up with the idea of having a lineman school to develop your son's game. Spending one whole day at a typical camp is good for first or second year lineman who are just learning the game.

The "lineman in the trenches" football school is specialized training for offensive and defensive lineman. The Jesse Sapolu team feels that it is necessary to train 4 to 10 weeks for the muscle memory to register. Understanding of the techniques will improve your game and make you one of the best recruits in your area.

In Jesse's words, "everybody that loves football will lift weights and run hard". But, his school will improve your son's understanding of different techniques which will extend his knowledge of attacking an opponent. It slowed the game down for him....

Born, March 10, 1961, Samoa - raised in Hawaii, Manase "Jesse" Sapolu, one of the most celebrated Samoan NFL football players, was the rock for the San Francisco 49ers' offensive line during the 49ers' 80s/90s dynasty. 

The late Bobb McKittrick, whom Bill Walsh called the best Offensive Line Coach of his time, said of Sapolu, "The best technician and most fundamentally sound lineman I have ever coached.  Sapolu would have been selected to 9 or 10 Pro Bowls if we did not move him around on the line." 

Sapolu, a firm believer in sacrificing individual honors to create Championships, says "I will do it again in a heartbeat because the 4 Super Bowls that I have, proves that we were the best team in the world and no one can take that away from me.  If individual awards were important to me, I would have signed up for tennis in my youth."

In the last six years, Jesse tutored his three sons so they can have fun and success playing the game of football.

Professional Accomplishments:

• 15 years in the NFL as Guard and Center
• 6 times All Pro.  One of the few Pro Bowl players selected to play
  two different positions: twice as a Center and once as a Guard.
• 4 Super Bowl Championships. One of the 18 players in NFL history
  to achieve this status

After the NFL:

• Assisted and participated in several football clinics nationwide including his homeland, Samoa
• Motivational Speaker targeting young athletes with the emphasis on:
  "Traits of a Fearless Champion, The Sacrifices of a Champion;
  The Extraordinary Accomplishments of Team Player versus
  Individual Accolades"
• Three years as Offensive Line Coach for the Edison High School Chargers, Huntington Beach, CA
• Tutored three sons to have fun and success playing the game of football.  All of the three sons received Division I and II College Football Scholarships 

Lineman in the Trenches Academy Alumni:

• Chris Ward (UCLA)
• Brandon Tuliaupupu (UCLA)
• Sam Saultz (UCLA)
• Luke Gane (UCLA)
• Luke Sapolu (Central Oklahoma)
• Landon Sapolu (Hawaii)
• Faitele Fa'afo'i (Arizona)
• Charles Burk (USC)
• Isaac Luatua (Alabama)
• Jake Kahawaii (Weber State)
• Nick Parcell (Oregon)
• Roman Sapolu (Oregon State)
• Nick Whitton (University of Pennsylvania)

Charitable Contributions (to name a few):

• The American Red Cross
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Shriner's Hospital

On A Personal Note:
Jesse and Lisa currently live in California with their two dogs.

Jesse Sapolu Linemen in the Trenches - www.sapolumeninthetrenches.com
Telephone:  909-731-7232  or 714-357-2183