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December 22,
2006
Athletics Department News
The Whittier College Athletics Department is pleased to announce
the addition of three head coaches. The recent hires will fill
coaching vacancies in the track and field programs and golf program
this spring and the women's soccer program next fall.
Dave Hogan
has been named head coach of the track and field teams. He brings
29 years of coaching experience with 23
years in track and 10 years in football. His last 12 years have been
in track at Valley Christian in Cerritos and he has been the head
coach since 2000. He built that program from 57 athletes to 108 and
has finished in the top ten for both boys and girls the last two
years. Hogan specializes in the throws and sprints and has coached
13 CIF champions during that time. The program has sent 16 athletes
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Mike Miller
has taken over as the head coach of the golf program.
He has been a golf instructor since 1997, when he hosted
the first Nike Junior Golf School in Orange County. He
has since been an assistant coach at his alma mater,
Santa Ana College and most recently served as the
assistant golf professional at La Costa resort and Spa
in Carlsbad, Calif. He is still a Junior Golf
Instructor and Mission Viejo Country Club and is a
referee for high school basketball.
The women’s soccer team will also see a change on the
sidelines next fall. Nicole Gervais takes over
as head coach after spending the past five seasons as an
assistant at her alma mater, Principia College.
Gervais is
the all-time leading scorer in Principia history netting
84 goals with 54 assists for 222 total points during her
career. She was a 3-time SLIAC Player of the Year and
2-time NSCAA regional team selection at Principia.
Prior to her time there, she coached and assisted in a
high school girls' program at Bishop Montgomery in
California, served as a trainer for the U-19 Palos
Verdes Breakers and head coach of the girl’s junior high
school team in the Palos Verdes School District. Gervais
has earned a Master’s degree from the United States
Sports Academy and holds the NSCAA National Diploma. |
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