Freddie L. Mclaurin III

Freddie was born at Tachikawa Air Force Base in Japan to parents Freddie L McLaurin Jr. and Dorothy L McLaurin. As a military brat he attended schools all over the U.S. for elementary and junior high school. He attended schools in Jackson Mississippi, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, Boulder and Colorado Springs Colorado, and Fresno California. He graduated in 1986 from Highlands High School.

Freddie received a scholarship to play football at San Diego State. He played for a year then decided to be closer to home sohe transferred to Sacramento City College where he continued to play football and earn an AA degree. Freddie loved all sports especially football. He loved watching collegiate and professional sports. Anyone who knew Freddie would tell you the Raiders were his team. For basketball he loved Florida State University, University of North Carolina, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Sacramento Monarchs. He often took his daughters to Monarch games and worked hard to foster their appreciation for women’s sports.

The biggest and most impactful way he made sports the center of his life was by coaching. He was a beloved coach who coached football and basketball for middle and high schools in Sacramento and Davis California. He was the head coach of the Rio Americano High School Girls basketball. Freddie’s favorite coaching job was coaching his children’s sports teams. He coached his daughter Mikhayla in flag football and basketball, his daughter Amaya in soccer, and his son Trey in football, where they won the league championship.

Freddie loved to cook and nothing brought him more joy than feeding his family, friends, and coworkers. He loved to barbecue, with ribs being his specialty. He even had a side business cooking for coworkers; his food was that good! Freddie was also a voracious reader who read the newspaper every day. He loved to read fantasy books and had a large collection of his favorite books. He also loved watching television and the news, which he then talked about with his friends and family. He was well versed in all subjects, from pop culture, to history.

All who knew him loved him and would describe him as outgoing, charismatic, loving, kind, a great cook, intelligent, and someone who loved his family. He will be greatly missed. He is preceded in death by his father Freddie L McLaurin Jr. and survived by his mother Dorothy L. McLaurin, his sister Tanya McLaurin Dorsey, his children Mikhayla, Amaya, and Trey McLaurin, his fiancé Sarah Aceves, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and a host of friends.