National Football Foundation

As a player, coach and administrator, Brian Fogarty's life has been spent around the game of football and countless young people have benefited from his passion. The National Football Foundation and the Walter J. Zable/San Diego Chapter have also benefited from his lifelong devotion to the sport.
 
Founded in 1971 by Walter Zable, the San Diego Chapter has made a strong impact in the community for the better part of four decades, and Fogarty has played a critical role in the chapter's growth since joining the board of directors in 1983 and for the last five years as the chapter president.
 
"I have been fortunate to play and coach the great game of football for 32 years," said Fogarty. "The NFF gives me the opportunity to stay involved with football and to provide positive reinforcement to young men for doing it the right way. I have always believed that football, more than any other sport, is a microcosm of life. I have no doubt that the young men our chapter has honored will represent the best of their education on the field as they move into their lives and careers off the field."
 
Named for Zable, the founder and head of the billion-dollar Cubic Corporation and an emeritus member of the NFF national board of directors, the chapter has become a major conduit for promoting football's ability to instill positive values in the region's young people. Behind Fogarty's leadership, the chapter distributes nearly $20,000 a year in scholarships at their scholar-athlete banquet, which honors the area's top high school and collegiate performers. The chapter's full slate of activities also includes a weekly MVP program recognizing each week's high school standouts, a golf tournament fundraiser and local coaching clinics for youth and high school coaches.
 
A graduate of California State University - Los Angeles, Fogarty played high school and college football before an injury ended his career. Out of college he began coaching at St. Francis High School in La Canada, Calif. He subsequently joined the staff at the University of San Diego, later becoming the head coach for 13 years. Retiring from the sidelines in 1995, Fogarty became an associate director of athletics for development for the Toreros, a position he currently holds.
 
Fogarty lives in San Diego with his wife of five years Denise and between them they have six children and six grandchildren.