Meet The Coaches

Erik Kamrath

Email: ekamrath@fjuhsd.org

Erik Kamrath is originally from Wisconsin where he played basketball, baseball, and golf in high school. He was all-conference and all-area in basketball and baseball. Erik attended the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh where he played college basketball for a year. He graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education. Immediately following his playing career Erik began his coaching career and is entering his 21st year coaching at the high school level and his 10th year as a head varsity coach. He began his career as a freshman and junior varsity boys basketball coach at Oshkosh Lourdes High School and moved to Neenah High School where he served as an assistant for 4 years. Both of these programs have two of the most storied traditions in high school basketball in the state of Wisconsin. After moving to Arizona he coached at Highland High School and was on staff in 2009 when the Hawks made it to the 5AI state championship game. Following the 2009 season he became a part of the basketball program at Williams Field High School in Gilbert, Arizona where he coached and shared his passion for the game of basketball for 10 years. As a head varsity coach, he contributed to 3 region championships, 5 play-off berths, two trips to the elite eight and one to the final four (4A) in the Arizona 5A state basketball tournament. Along with the success of his teams, he has helped a number of his players continue their educational and athletic careers at the collegiate level including NCAA division 1 where one of his former players currently plays at Brigham Young University in Utah.

Coach Kamrath emphasizes the importance of work ethic, respect, discipline, passion, trust, and a team first mindset in his basketball program. His coaching staff is dedicated to teaching student athletes in the program life lessons through the game of basketball. They believe that success on and off the basketball court is a product of focusing on coaching attitude and effort.

Coach Kamrath is a Physical Education teacher and Head Basketball Coach at Fullerton Union High School. His wife, Jessica, works as a faculty member in the Human Communication Department at Cal State Fullerton. They are excited to be a part of the Fullerton Union High School family and the rich history and traditions of the community. Erik and Jessica will stay true to their roots as Wisconsin Badgers, Packers, and Brewers fans. They enjoy watching and playing sports and spending time outdoors camping with their friends and dog Happy – a white boxer. He is very thankful and appreciative to have the support of his family throughout all of the ventures in his career.

GO TRIBE!!

Sam Jones

Sam Jones was born and raised in Yorba Linda and played baseball and basketball at Esperanza High School, where he was named to the Orange County all-star team for baseball. Sam attended Cal State Fullerton and graduated with a degree in Communications – Journalism. Sam is entering his first year of coaching, but spent the last four years as a team manager for the CSUF men’s basketball team and coach Dedrique Taylor’s coaching staff.

Outside of basketball, Sam serves as an instructional aide at FUHS. In his free time he enjoys playing/watching sports and spending time with family and friends. He is extremely excited about the opportunity to enter the coaching world and learn from Coach Kamrath.

Jacob Rhodes

Jacob Rhodes was born in the Bay Area, but grew up in Whittier. He went to St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs were he played football, basketball, volleyball, and track. After high school, Coach Jake got his first coaching job at his alma mater at age 19 as a Freshman Boy’s Basketball assistant coach. Around the halfway point that season, he took over as the head Freshman coach. His team went on to become Co-Santa Fe League champs. He stayed in that role for 2 more seasons, finishing in second place, then winning the Santa Fe League outright his final year, going undefeated. His next coaching adventure took him to Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach where he spent the last 2 seasons. In his first year, Coach Jake’s Sophomore team finished in 2nd place in Moore League, running with an 8 man roster the entire season. Last season, his Freshman team went through many ups and downs, but the team had great camaraderie and played hard day in and day out.

Victor Perrusquia

Coach Perrusquia was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and moved to the United States when he was 4 years old. Coach Perrusquia grew up in Orange County area. He attended Rancho Alamitos High School for 3 years, where he played basketball and football. He transferred to and graduated from Anaheim High School in 1996. After high school Coach Perrusquia attended Fullerton College. He received his degree in Liberal Arts from Azusa Pacific University. Coach Perrusquia has worked at FJUHSD for 15 years as an Instructional Aide. Coach Perrusquia got his start coaching basketball for the City of San Dimas Parks and Recreation Department. He coached in their youth basketball recreation league. He also worked as a high school basketball referee for 1 season. He then had the opportunity to coach basketball at Troy High School. He coached their sophomore team for 11 seasons. Which included two 10-0 seasons in 2015/2016 and 2019/2020. He also served as a defensive line coach for the Sonora High School freshman football team during the 2019/2020 season. In 2018 he was the assistant girls tennis coach at Sonora High School.

When Coach Perrusquia is not at work or coaching, he’s at home with his kids Benicio (11) and Lizaiah (13). His kids have spent many days and hours sitting through practices and games. Coach Perrusquia enjoys having his kids around whenever possible. Coach Perrusquia enjoys playing a part in developing student athletes on and off the court. He believes that one of the most important things a student athlete needs to embrace is accountability.

Quinn Cisneros

Quinn Cisneros was born in Whittier but grew up in La Habra. He went to Sonora High school where he played basketball for three years. After high school Quinn decided to enroll at Fullerton College where he is currently in his third year and also majoring in journalism. He has aspirations of being a sports tv analyst. This will be Quinn’s first year of coaching and he is very honored and humbled to be able to take on the job of coaching. Coaching is something Quinn has always wanted to do at some point in his career and he is glad Fullerton High School and Coach Erik Kamrath gave him the opportunity to do so. Quinn enjoys spending time with his friends, watching sports, and especially writing about sports.

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