California State University - Northridge Men's Track

Anderson is in his sixth season as the head coach of the CSUN men's and women's track & field programs. The 2016 season represents the 12th overall that Anderson has been a part of the coaching staff at CSUN.  Anderson brings to the Matadors a great deal of success at the highest levels of athletics. As a two-sport standout, Anderson played as a wide receiver in the NFL as well as competed at the world-class level as a decathlete. Since arriving at Northridge, his penchant for success has helped the Matador track and field program to unprecedented levels. He has coached 2 NCAA Champions, including 2007 NCAA Long Jump Champion Dashalle Andrews who became the first individual men's NCAA Champion in CSUN history. The following spring in March 2008, Anderson coached freshman Reindell Cole to the NCAA Indoor National Championship, giving CSUN back to back national champions in the same event.  Under Anderson's watch, the CSUN women's track & field program captured the 2011 and 2016 Big West Outdoor Championships. The most recent women's victory in 2016 extends their record for most team championships on either the men's or women's side. In 2016, junior Marie Veale was named Women's Athlete of the Meet while senior Carl Horsley earned the award on the men's side. On the women's side, his work with multi-event athletes is oustanding, as he has helped develop four Big West Heptathlon Champions, including two-time winner Sherrina Lofton. He has also helped develop six Big West Women's Long Jump Champions since joining the staff in 2005. The Matadors have dominated the 4x100m relay in his tenure, winning the event seven times at the Big West Outdoor Track & Field Championships. CSUN sprinters also won seven-straight Big West titles in the 100m dash during his time on staff. In all, he has helped CSUN win five Outdoor All-America honors in his tenure with the program.  On the men's side, Anderson's sprinters have won six of the past seven Big West Championships in the 100m dash, including three-time winner Carl Horsley. That dominance extends to the 200m, where CSUN has won six of the past seven Big West Championships entering the 2016 season and Horsley was another three-time Champion. In fact, Horsley was a four-time All-American while working with Anderson and was the 2013 Big West Track Athlete of the Year and the 2011 Big West Freshman of the Year.  Like the women, the 4x100m relay team has had great success under Anderson and enters 2016 having won eight of the last 10 Big West Championships.  He's worked with five Big West Champions in the men's long jump, includinig a two-time winner in Cole. In all, Anderson has helped CSUN earn seven Outdoor All-America honors in his time with the program.  In 2009 the Matadors enjoyed one of its most successful track and field seasons as both the men's and women's teams easily outpaced its competition at the Big West Conference Championship meet. The men's team captured the title by scoring 176.5 points, 40 points more than it's closest competitor. Not to be outdone, the women's team scored 198 points to capture the title, winning by 83 points over the second place. Athletes coached by Anderson accounted for 127 of the 176 points scored for the men's team, and 163 of the 198 points scored for the women's team, while winning 13 events at the meet. 2009 also saw sophomore Reindell Cole post the top mark in the NCAA in the Long Jump with a leap of 26'11 ¾". Cole, who won the Texas Relays crown, was part of a trio of Matadors coached by Anderson to earn Athlete of the Meet honors at the Cal/Nevada Championships. Along with Deshawn Waters and Sherrina Lofton, the Matadors garnered 3 of the 4 athlete of the meet honors. This type of success is becoming much more common for Northridge athletes since Anderson's arrival at CSUN. While surprising to some, Anderson expects nothing less. "Get used to it. That's CSUN track and field. My mission is to develop successful people. Not just on the track, but in the classroom, your career path, life, wherever. And that carries over to the track. I'm determined to develop athletes of all levels into great athletes who compete at the highest level. That's why you see Northridge athletes winning national championships, or Texas relays titles, or whatever. You may or may not have been the best coming here, but you're going to aspire to develop into the best by the time you leave here. I feel that if I can create that, the athletes will know that they can always do anything in life." This ideal was no more evident than in 2008 when Anderson coached individual athletes to the National Championships in the 100, 200, 400, the hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump and multi event competitions. In his time at CSUN as the coach of sprints, hurdles, jumps, relays and multi event athletes, Anderson has coached athletes to 28 NCAA Championship berths, more than 60 NCAA regional qualifiers, and more than 150 marks to Northridge's all time record book. Prior to returning to Northridge for his second stint, Anderson worked as a volunteer assistant at Kansas State(2002-2004) and UCLA(2001-2002). He worked as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Northridge during the 1999-2001 seasons while competing as a decathlete. Anderson still owns the CSUN complex record in the decathlon which he set in 2000 to qualify for the US Olympic Trials. Before returning to the sport of track and field, Anderson played wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts from 1996-1997 before a back injury ended his career. A 1996 graduate of UCLA, Anderson earned degrees in Political Science and Sociology while competing in football and track. He was a member of the NCAA runner up 4x100 relay team his senior season, and played in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Anderson married the former Bridget Pearson, who coaches the Matador pole vaulters, assists with the multi events, and is the strength and conditioning coach for the track and field team. The couple are the proud parents of their son, Andy. Avery Anderson Head Coach 2228 2015 Big West Women's Track & Field Coach of the Year Avery Anderson is in his sixth season as the head coach of the CSUN men's and women's track & field programs. The 2016 season represents the 12th overall that Anderson has been a part of the coaching staff at CSUN.  Anderson brings to the Matadors a great deal of success at the highest levels of athletics. As a two-sport standout, Anderson played as a wide receiver in the NFL as well as competed at the world-class level as a decathlete. Since arriving at Northridge, his penchant for success has helped the Matador track and field program to unprecedented levels. He has coached 2 NCAA Champions, including 2007 NCAA Long Jump Champion Dashalle Andrews who became the first individual men's NCAA Champion in CSUN history. The following spring in March 2008, Anderson coached freshman Reindell Cole to the NCAA Indoor National Championship, giving CSUN back to back national champions in the same event.  Under Anderson's watch, the CSUN women's track & field program captured the 2011 and 2016 Big West Outdoor Championships. The most recent women's victory in 2016 extends their record for most team championships on either the men's or women's side. In 2016, junior Marie Veale was named Women's Athlete of the Meet while senior Carl Horsley earned the award on the men's side. On the women's side, his work with multi-event athletes is oustanding, as he has helped develop four Big West Heptathlon Champions, including two-time winner Sherrina Lofton. He has also helped develop six Big West Women's Long Jump Champions since joining the staff in 2005. The Matadors have dominated the 4x100m relay in his tenure, winning the event seven times at the Big West Outdoor Track & Field Championships. CSUN sprinters also won seven-straight Big West titles in the 100m dash during his time on staff. In all, he has helped CSUN win five Outdoor All-America honors in his tenure with the program.  On the men's side, Anderson's sprinters have won six of the past seven Big West Championships in the 100m dash, including three-time winner Carl Horsley. That dominance extends to the 200m, where CSUN has won six of the past seven Big West Championships entering the 2016 season and Horsley was another three-time Champion. In fact, Horsley was a four-time All-American while working with Anderson and was the 2013 Big West Track Athlete of the Year and the 2011 Big West Freshman of the Year.  Like the women, the 4x100m relay team has had great success under Anderson and enters 2016 having won eight of the last 10 Big West Championships.  He's worked with five Big West Champions in the men's long jump, includinig a two-time winner in Cole. In all, Anderson has helped CSUN earn seven Outdoor All-America honors in his time with the program.  In 2009 the Matadors enjoyed one of its most successful track and field seasons as both the men's and women's teams easily outpaced its competition at the Big West Conference Championship meet. The men's team captured the title by scoring 176.5 points, 40 points more than it's closest competitor. Not to be outdone, the women's team scored 198 points to capture the title, winning by 83 points over the second place. Athletes coached by Anderson accounted for 127 of the 176 points scored for the men's team, and 163 of the 198 points scored for the women's team, while winning 13 events at the meet. 2009 also saw sophomore Reindell Cole post the top mark in the NCAA in the Long Jump with a leap of 26'11 ¾". Cole, who won the Texas Relays crown, was part of a trio of Matadors coached by Anderson to earn Athlete of the Meet honors at the Cal/Nevada Championships. Along with Deshawn Waters and Sherrina Lofton, the Matadors garnered 3 of the 4 athlete of the meet honors. This type of success is becoming much more common for Northridge athletes since Anderson's arrival at CSUN. While surprising to some, Anderson expects nothing less. "Get used to it. That's CSUN track and field. My mission is to develop successful people. Not just on the track, but in the classroom, your career path, life, wherever. And that carries over to the track. I'm determined to develop athletes of all levels into great athletes who compete at the highest level. That's why you see Northridge athletes winning national championships, or Texas relays titles, or whatever. You may or may not have been the best coming here, but you're going to aspire to develop into the best by the time you leave here. I feel that if I can create that, the athletes will know that they can always do anything in life." This ideal was no more evident than in 2008 when Anderson coached individual athletes to the National Championships in the 100, 200, 400, the hurdles, long jump, triple jump, high jump and multi event competitions. In his time at CSUN as the coach of sprints, hurdles, jumps, relays and multi event athletes, Anderson has coached athletes to 28 NCAA Championship berths, more than 60 NCAA regional qualifiers, and more than 150 marks to Northridge's all time record book. Prior to returning to Northridge for his second stint, Anderson worked as a volunteer assistant at Kansas State(2002-2004) and UCLA(2001-2002). He worked as a volunteer assistant at Cal State Northridge during the 1999-2001 seasons while competing as a decathlete. Anderson still owns the CSUN complex record in the decathlon which he set in 2000 to qualify for the US Olympic Trials. Before returning to the sport of track and field, Anderson played wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts from 1996-1997 before a back injury ended his career. A 1996 graduate of UCLA, Anderson earned degrees in Political Science and Sociology while competing in football and track. He was a member of the NCAA runner up 4x100 relay team his senior season, and played in the 1994 Rose Bowl. Anderson married the former Bridget Pearson, who coaches the Matador pole vaulters, assists with the multi events, and is the strength and conditioning coach for the track and field team. The couple are the proud parents of their son, Andy.

Anderson is entering her 11th season on the Track & Field coaching staff in 2016. Anderson is in charge of the Matador pole vaulters, multi-events, and is the teams' strength and conditioning coach for the sprinters, jumpers and multi-event athletes. She is also in charge of monitoring the teams academic progress and is a major part of the recent success the program has achieved.   In her 11 seasons, Anderson has helped the Matadors win a total of 10 BigWest team championships between the men's and women's programs. Anderson has had a great deal of success in each and every seaason coaching all-conference performers in the pole vault and multi-events. Conference champions coached by Anderson include pole vault titles by Krystal Quinn in 2008 and Tiana Webberley in 2010 and 2011. LaShana Verdon won a Big West muti-event title in 2006 followed by Sherrina Lofton in both 2009 and 2011 and Robert Robinson in 2010. Olympia Jewett is the latest hepthlete to win under Anderson's guidance, taking home the Big West Championship in 2015.  Lofton and Justin Johnson each earned All American honors in the multi-events, as well as being coached to multiple NCAA berths. Anderson has also coached three all-conference performers in the javelin, including Lance Gonzales' Big West championship in 2009. In her time at CSUN, Anderson has amassed several All-Americans, NCAA National and Regional qualifiers, Big West Conference champions and Academic award recipients including the highest GPA for a student-athlete at CSUN. A 2004 graduate of UCLA, Anderson came to CSUN after serving the 2004-05 season as the head track & field coach at Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif. Prior to that, Anderson was the head cross country coach at Hoover during the 2003-04 season. The former Bridget Pearson competed in the javelin and pole vault at UCLA from 1999-2004. One of her career highlights was winning the Irish National Championships in 2000 in the pole vault. She prepped at Hoover High School where she was an All-American in the pole vault all four years. She was the California state champion in 1997 and claimed the CIF title in 1999 and went on to finish fourth at nationals. She also competed in volleyball and water polo before graduating in 1999. Anderson married current Matador head coach Avery Anderson in 2009. The couple have a son, Andy, and a daughter, Avery, who was born during the 2012-13 track season. Bridget Anderson Assistant Coach 3242 Bridget Anderson is entering her 11th season on the Track & Field coaching staff in 2016. Anderson is in charge of the Matador pole vaulters, multi-events, and is the teams' strength and conditioning coach for the sprinters, jumpers and multi-event athletes. She is also in charge of monitoring the teams academic progress and is a major part of the recent success the program has achieved.   In her 11 seasons, Anderson has helped the Matadors win a total of 10 BigWest team championships between the men's and women's programs. Anderson has had a great deal of success in each and every seaason coaching all-conference performers in the pole vault and multi-events. Conference champions coached by Anderson include pole vault titles by Krystal Quinn in 2008 and Tiana Webberley in 2010 and 2011. LaShana Verdon won a Big West muti-event title in 2006 followed by Sherrina Lofton in both 2009 and 2011 and Robert Robinson in 2010. Olympia Jewett is the latest hepthlete to win under Anderson's guidance, taking home the Big West Championship in 2015.  Lofton and Justin Johnson each earned All American honors in the multi-events, as well as being coached to multiple NCAA berths. Anderson has also coached three all-conference performers in the javelin, including Lance Gonzales' Big West championship in 2009. In her time at CSUN, Anderson has amassed several All-Americans, NCAA National and Regional qualifiers, Big West Conference champions and Academic award recipients including the highest GPA for a student-athlete at CSUN. A 2004 graduate of UCLA, Anderson came to CSUN after serving the 2004-05 season as the head track & field coach at Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif. Prior to that, Anderson was the head cross country coach at Hoover during the 2003-04 season. The former Bridget Pearson competed in the javelin and pole vault at UCLA from 1999-2004. One of her career highlights was winning the Irish National Championships in 2000 in the pole vault. She prepped at Hoover High School where she was an All-American in the pole vault all four years. She was the California state champion in 1997 and claimed the CIF title in 1999 and went on to finish fourth at nationals. She also competed in volleyball and water polo before graduating in 1999. Anderson married current Matador head coach Avery Anderson in 2009. The couple have a son, Andy, and a daughter, Avery, who was born during the 2012-13 track season.

Hernandez joined the CSUN Track and Field Staff prior to the start of the 2013 cross country season. An accomplished coach and runner, Hernandez will work directly with the Matadors' cross country and distrance running programs.  In 2014, Hernandez worked with CSUN runner Elizabeth Nelson, who produced a third-place finish at the Big West Championships.  Prior to his time at CSUN, Hernandez spent 12 years as an assistant distance coach for both the men's and women's program at Moorpark College. In 2011, he helped guide the team to a third-place finish at the State Championships. The men's team won the Western State Conference title eight-straight years during Hernandez's tenure.  Hernandez ran at both the University of Hawai'i-Hilo and Morrpark College. He graduated with a BA in Sociology from Hawai'i-Hilo in 2002. 

Johnson joined the CSUN Track & Field Program as an assistant coach prior to the 2015 season.  In past coaching stints at Southern Illinois, Virginia Tech, and Clemson, Johnson has mentored a grand total of five NCAA Champions, amongst a haul of 92 United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Americans.  While at Virginia Tech and Clemson, Johnson coached nearly 70 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champions. Johnson earned the United States of America Track & Field (USATF) Coach of the Year Award after guiding arguably the most prolific hurdle contingent in the world in 2013, including eventual IAAF World Champion Brianna Rollins, and World Championships qualifier Queen Harrison.  The Arkansas alumnus has also been recognized for his achievements in the collegiate community, having been named USTFCCCA Southeast Regional Women's Coach of the Year on a total of six occasions. Johnson is responsible for seven USTFCCCA Academic All-Americans during his coaching carer. In 2015, Johnson's first season at CSUN, he helped the Matador women claim their first Big West Championship in three years. Additionally, CSUN sent its 4x100 relay to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, OR for the second consecutive season. In the summer of 2015, Johnson represented Team USA at the IAAF World Relay Championships and he coached three 2016 summer Olympians.  Johnson also served as an assistant coach for women's jumps and combined events at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, where Team USA garnered a total of 12 medals, including eight gold. Lawrence Johnson Assistant Coach 7680 Lawrence Johnson joined the CSUN Track & Field Program as an assistant coach prior to the 2015 season.  In past coaching stints at Southern Illinois, Virginia Tech, and Clemson, Johnson has mentored a grand total of five NCAA Champions, amongst a haul of 92 United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) All-Americans.  While at Virginia Tech and Clemson, Johnson coached nearly 70 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Champions. Johnson earned the United States of America Track & Field (USATF) Coach of the Year Award after guiding arguably the most prolific hurdle contingent in the world in 2013, including eventual IAAF World Champion Brianna Rollins, and World Championships qualifier Queen Harrison.  The Arkansas alumnus has also been recognized for his achievements in the collegiate community, having been named USTFCCCA Southeast Regional Women's Coach of the Year on a total of six occasions. Johnson is responsible for seven USTFCCCA Academic All-Americans during his coaching carer. In 2015, Johnson's first season at CSUN, he helped the Matador women claim their first Big West Championship in three years. Additionally, CSUN sent its 4x100 relay to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, OR for the second consecutive season. In the summer of 2015, Johnson represented Team USA at the IAAF World Relay Championships and he coached three 2016 summer Olympians.  Johnson also served as an assistant coach for women's jumps and combined events at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, where Team USA garnered a total of 12 medals, including eight gold.

Laguna joined the CSUN staff for the 2013-2014 season as an assistant coach for the Cross Country and Track & Field programs, managing the men in both.  He came to the program with extensive experience and success at almost every level of Cross Country and Track, with an exceptional previous three years at Cal State Los Angeles.  In his second year at Cal State LA, Laguna coached the Golden Eagles to a surprising third-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in cross country for the 2011 season, placing three runners in the top-10 to earn All-CCAA honors, recording their best team finish since 2007. That followed with a dominating show in the middle distances at the 2012 CCAA womens outdoor track and field championships with Valerie Sanchez winning both the 800-meter and 1,500 championships and Lisa Ohberg earning All-CCAA honors in the same events. That same season Sanchez also earned All-American status in the mile in indoor track, while Ohberg earned All-American honors in the 1,500 in outdoor.  In his final 2013 season, off a cross country season that saw two of his athletes earn All-CCAA , he coached Sabrina Lopez to the NCAA Finals in track in the 10,000, while his returning All-American, Ohberg, repeated as an All-American, finishing 2nd in the country.  Cal State L.A. had a conference champion in the womens 10,000 meters twice and earned six other All-CCAA awards in the womens 800, 1,500 and 5,000 during his tenure, and many of the schools top 10 performances were athletes coached by him. Prior to this, Laguna was an assistant coach at Cerritos College, where he helped the womens cross country team to a 16th-place finish at the state championships and the mens team to a 10th-place finish in 2009. In the spring of 2010, both the mens and womens track and field teams at Cerritos finished third in the state. Laguna coached multiple athletes to both the Southern California and State championships and also coached one athlete to a school record in the 800 meters at the USATF Junior Championships of that year. Prior to Cerritos College, Laguna was at East Los Angeles College for four years, first as an assistant coach and then head coach for the cross country and track and field programs. He was instrumental in the programs success as they reached top-10 finishes respectively. Individual state champion and school record holder Oscar Ogwara was among the athletes he coached. Laguna was also the head girls cross country and track and field coach at his alma mater Rosemead High School, where his teams captured three consecutive league titles in his five years there, with his 800 meter athlete running a school record at the California state finals. In addition to other stints at El Monte, Alhambra, and Huntington Park high schools and Rio Hondo Junior College, Laguna was an assistant coach at USC, where he was involved in coaching several All-Americans in the distance events. Laguna possesses USATF Level-I Certification. He graduated from USC with a bachelors degree in international relations and he received his Masters from Cal State L.A. in political science. While at USC, he competed in the track and field and cross country programs and was also in the marching band.  He currently teaches political science at various community colleges. Laguna and his wife Emily have a son, Desmond.  Steve Laguna Assistant Coach 3867 Steve Laguna joined the CSUN staff for the 2013-2014 season as an assistant coach for the Cross Country and Track & Field programs, managing the men in both.  He came to the program with extensive experience and success at almost every level of Cross Country and Track, with an exceptional previous three years at Cal State Los Angeles.  In his second year at Cal State LA, Laguna coached the Golden Eagles to a surprising third-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in cross country for the 2011 season, placing three runners in the top-10 to earn All-CCAA honors, recording their best team finish since 2007. That followed with a dominating show in the middle distances at the 2012 CCAA womens outdoor track and field championships with Valerie Sanchez winning both the 800-meter and 1,500 championships and Lisa Ohberg earning All-CCAA honors in the same events. That same season Sanchez also earned All-American status in the mile in indoor track, while Ohberg earned All-American honors in the 1,500 in outdoor.  In his final 2013 season, off a cross country season that saw two of his athletes earn All-CCAA , he coached Sabrina Lopez to the NCAA Finals in track in the 10,000, while his returning All-American, Ohberg, repeated as an All-American, finishing 2nd in the country.  Cal State L.A. had a conference champion in the womens 10,000 meters twice and earned six other All-CCAA awards in the womens 800, 1,500 and 5,000 during his tenure, and many of the schools top 10 performances were athletes coached by him. Prior to this, Laguna was an assistant coach at Cerritos College, where he helped the womens cross country team to a 16th-place finish at the state championships and the mens team to a 10th-place finish in 2009. In the spring of 2010, both the mens and womens track and field teams at Cerritos finished third in the state. Laguna coached multiple athletes to both the Southern California and State championships and also coached one athlete to a school record in the 800 meters at the USATF Junior Championships of that year. Prior to Cerritos College, Laguna was at East Los Angeles College for four years, first as an assistant coach and then head coach for the cross country and track and field programs. He was instrumental in the programs success as they reached top-10 finishes respectively. Individual state champion and school record holder Oscar Ogwara was among the athletes he coached. Laguna was also the head girls cross country and track and field coach at his alma mater Rosemead High School, where his teams captured three consecutive league titles in his five years there, with his 800 meter athlete running a school record at the California state finals. In addition to other stints at El Monte, Alhambra, and Huntington Park high schools and Rio Hondo Junior College, Laguna was an assistant coach at USC, where he was involved in coaching several All-Americans in the distance events. Laguna possesses USATF Level-I Certification. He graduated from USC with a bachelors degree in international relations and he received his Masters from Cal State L.A. in political science. While at USC, he competed in the track and field and cross country programs and was also in the marching band.  He currently teaches political science at various community colleges. Laguna and his wife Emily have a son, Desmond.