Carpinteria High School Track & Field
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	Warrior Coaching Staff
		M. Van Latham, the Great Leader of the Glorious Cause Events: Shot Put, Discus Van has been the titular head of Carpinteria’s track and field program since it became respectable (Yes, “When was that?” is the correct response). We find this Casanova of the heave in his 27th season still as passionate as he was in his first. This dedicated savant of the sport returns once again to coach the shot put and discus throwers to success. Van’s venerable 21 years of top leadership serves as a beacon to the rest of his carefully selected and screened staff, a guiding light to which the assistant coaches can attune themselves to like a blue flaming candle bursting in the night. Van has directed 11 varsity boys’ and 8 varsity girls’ teams to TVL titles. In 1999 and 2001, the Carpinteria boys won CIF track & field titles. Over half of all Warriors to qualify for the state championships have come during Latham’s coaching tenure. Van has coached 25 CIF medal winners, including 5 CIF champions and a State champion.  Latham has been an instructor on numerous occasions for both the AAF Track and Field coaches’ clinic and the Know-It-All Clinic of the Central Coast. Van is currently in his 21st year instructing in the CHS math department. This Capinteria high school alum enjoys treacherous mountain hikes through trackless country, repeatedly fixing up his mustang, deep afternoon naps and vintage Toyo trucks. This very eligible bachelor also has a swank single’s pad in a scenic grove which one young pundit termed, “a cool tree house!”
		W. Ben Hallock, Grand Master of the Sprints Events: 100 meters, 200 meters, High Jump Ben returns for his seventeenth year as a track and field coach with his oracle like wisdom. He not only guides the sprint group to success but also enlightens the coaching staff with wise anecdotes and deep philosophical probing. The UCSB graduate and Stanford alum has previously been the head track coach at both Bishop Diego and Santa Barbara High Schools.  Many athletes under his tutelage have reached state qualifying competition.  Ben is also found on campus most days teaching a variety of science classes. Neophytes seeking his vaunted teachings should seek out this guru and enquire about their deepest questions which will not be left wanting for an answer. Although his knowledge covers widely diverse areas, nowhere does it go deeper than obscure eateries and the precise directions to them. Ben also likes obscure wilderness hikes with nary an indoor plumbing facility in sight. Ben is also the grandfather of the 2009 officially endorsed cutest toddler Sarita.
		J. Matthew Mac Mahon, the Red Headed Step Child Events: Hurdles Jeremy, a CHS graduate, begins his 10th track season coaching the Warriors. Mac Mahon utilizes his useless hobbies to use as the technical advisor of the staff. More importantly he will be the returning hurdle coach. Luckily he has a redeeming sense of humor and uncanny charm which only he appreciates that has allowed him to utilize other non technical skills to coach CHS record holders in both the high and intermediate hurdle events. He is currently attempting to earn a secondary teaching credential in math thru Cal Lutheran graduate school. Amazingly, he is in his final semester of college.
		A. Rosendo Silva, Orator Extraordinaire Events: 1600 meters, 3200 meters Silva, this roving bachelor might occasionally be restrained but this doesn’t dampen his charm or wit in the slightest as his infamous jokes cause the distance runners to run farther and faster away then they ever have before. Coming off the resounding success of the Warrior cross country team, Angel enters his fifth year as the Carpinteria distance coach.  A former Ventura College & USC cross country/track star and English major, Angel is prominent on record boards in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter events.  He is currently teaching in the tri-county area. Angel recently traveled to Italy to research his new book, USC Graduates: how to function in society. He has been favorably compared to the University of Notre Dame’s ‘Touch Down Jesus’ while in Rome.
		Weldon Nomura Events: Long and Triple Jump
		Tesa Coleman Events: Middle Distances