For schools with a similar name, see Madison High School

Madison High School

Madison is a name for several high schools in North America, including:James Madison High School Dallas Texas*Madison Area Memorial High School, Madison, Maine*Madison County High School , Gurley, Alabama*Madison High School , Rexburg, Idaho...

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James Madison High School is a public high school in San Diego, California

California

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. It is part of the San Diego Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District

San Diego Unified School District is the school district of San Diego, California. It was founded in 1854...

. Madison's 50 acres (202,343 m²) campus opened in 1962. Serving 1,500 students in grades 9-12, it is located in the Clairemont Mesa

Clairemont, San Diego, California

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 neighborhood, north of Interstate 8

Interstate 8

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 and west of Interstate 805

Interstate 805

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Sports

The Warhawks were Central League Champions in 2005, 2007, and 2008. They went to the C.I.F Finals in 2008 against defending champion Valley Center, led by head coach Rick Jackson. In 2010 the Warhawks win their first C.I.F against Valley Center. They were picked to go to State.

Former head football coach Steve Miner, who helped revitalize the football program starting in 2000 through 2003, was inducted into the San Diego County High School Coaching Legends Hall of Fame on November 12, 2008.

The baseball facility is named after long time coach Bob Roeder.

Notable alumni

• Mike Martz
  Mike Martz
  Michael Martz is a former NFL head coach and currently the offensive coordinator for the National Football League's Chicago Bears....
  
  , Former NFL head coach (St. Louis), current offensive coordinator (Chicago Bears).
• David Westerfield
  David Westerfield
  David Alan Westerfield , of San Diego, California was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder and kidnapping of seven-year-old Danielle Van Dam in 2002. He was a successful, self-employed engineer who owned a luxury motor home and lived two houses away from Van Dam...
  
  , Convicted murderer of Danielle Van Dam (high profile murder in San Diego, 2002). Westerfield's brother Kim was also a student at Madison in the 1970s and later died of illness. This fact was cited at David Westerfield's trial as a contributing reason for his crimes.
• Al Fitzmorris
  Al Fitzmorris
  Alan James Fitzmorris , is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1969 to 1978.-Drafts:...
  
  , major league pitcher for the Kansas City Royals in the 1970s.
• Rich Tylski
  Rich Tylski
  Richard Lee Tylski is a former professional American football player. Tylski, an offensive lineman, played seven seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Jacksonville Jaguars...
  
  , Former NFL offensive lineman.
• Mike Hawk, Former Warhawk Mascot, "Mike the Hawk" Graduated in 1969