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LIAM CLEMONS
LIAM CLEMONS
HEAD COACH
HEAD COACH
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Coach Clemons has been the Head Cross Country Coach since 2004. He directs the training of every athlete in the program and coaches the boys Varsity team. Coach Clemons has been named the Orange County Coach of the Year twice (2006 and 2011) and the California Coach of the year (2011). His Cross Country teams have won nine league titles, four Orange County titles, and two State titles. He has coached multiple CIF-SS and State finalist in Track & Field, including the 2010 1600m State Champion, Jantzen Oshier.
Coach Clemons is a full-time science teacher. He currently teaches AP Environmental Science and Honors Biology. He attended Humboldt State University, where he earned a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication in 2001. He holds a teaching credential from CSU Fullerton and a MA in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University.
With over 30 years of competitive running experience, Coach Clemons knows how to achieve success in the sport of distance running. In 1995, he captained his high school Cross Country team to a Div. 1 State Championship. In college, he competed in both Cross Country and Track at American River College and Humboldt State University. Coach Clemons has also completed the Boston Marathon twice.
DARREL CROSS - ASSISTANT COACH
DARREL CROSS - ASSISTANT COACH
Darrell has been coaching at Trabuco Hills High School since 2014. He has enjoyed his time coaching for both the boys and girls’ cross country teams. He is currently the Head Boys Freshman Cross Country Coach and the Assistant Girls Track Distance Coach. Darrell is an avid runner who has qualified and raced the Boston Marathon multiple times. One of his favorite marathons is the Long Beach Marathon which he has run 11 years in a row.
Darrell has 2 daughters that both ran cross county and track at Trabuco Hills High School. Emily, class of 2016 continued to run at San Francisco State University. Michelle, class of 2018 currently attends San Diego State University and runs for the school’s Adaptive Athletics Program and has run in U.S. Paralympic events. Darrell has been married to Melanie for 28 years and they like to spend their time at the beach in San Clemente. The Cross family runs the 10k Dana Point Turkey trot annually.
In addition to high school coaching, Darrell and two other coaches founded Colts Running Club in 2017. Colts Running Club is a youth program that meets three times a week to instill a passion for running in young kids' lives.
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