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Coach Kelsey moves into his 5th year as Athletic Director at Pacifica. After coaching at Pacific Hills in West Hollywood (where many of his players continued their careers at such schools as Indiana State, UC Riverside, University of Hawaii Hilo, Western Washington, Monmouth, Vanguard, Menlo, and The Masters College) and at San Pasqual in North County San Diego, Coach Kelsey is focused on seeing that all of Pacifica’s athletic teams are competitive and succesful at helping develop student athtletes. After guiding the program to nine league titles, A CIF-Championship in Girls Volleyball, and a CIF Final Four in Boys Basketball, in just two years with the Mulholland League, Coach Kelsey is excited to step into the Heritage League where he expects the competition to be steep and the commradarie amongst the schools to be a great benefit.
Coach Kelsey is developing an athletic program that will help its athletes not only get the most out of the experience, but help those that want to further their athletic careers.
Coach Kelsey is currently the league representative for the Mulholland League to the CIF. He is a board member for SCIBCA (the governing body for coaches in Southern California), and was recently chosen as one of 12 coaches from Southern California to be named to the CIF’s basketball advisory board.
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Heather Smith
Head Coach - Cross Country
Head Coach - Girls' Basketball
Head Coach - Track & Field
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Contact Info:
Phone: 310.828.7015
Email: hsmith@pacificachristian.org |
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Coach Smith comes to Pacifica with 13 years of coaching experience in Cross Country and Track & Field. She participated in Volleyball, Basketball, Cross Country, and Track & Field at Edinburg High School, Edinburg, Texas and ran Cross Country and Track & Field at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. After completing collegiate competition, she was recruited to race on a Kansas City team prior to moving out to the West Coast. Coach Smith continues to run and race to this day. She has had the opportunity to coach athletes from youth to collegiate levels of competition, and she is excited to be part of the new program at Pacifica. She has a BA in Psychology and MA in Counseling Psychology. Coach Smith is a member of Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest and attends City Light Church in Los Angeles as well. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Jeff and son Noah.
Coach Smith’s favorite quote… “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” - Steve Prefontaine | |
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Justin Bailey
Head Coach Boys Varsity Soccer
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Justin Bailey grew up playing baseball in Vienna, Austria, for the AIBC Cardinals and the Austrian National Little League team that was runner-up to Saudi Arabia in the 1995 Europe and Middle East championships. He continued to play baseball after moving to Michigan in high school, where he also played football and basketball and ran track. During this time he got to play in Detroit’s Silverdome for the top high school division’s state football championship. A shoulder injury prevented Justin from playing intercollegiate sports, but not from claiming the notoriously elusive intramural flag football title at the University of Michigan! He still enjoys the above sports in addition to soccer, skiing, and ice skating, and is excited to be a part of Pacifica’s rapidly growing athletic department.
Matt Benedetto - Head Coach Golf, Assitant Boys Varsity Soccer
Staci Lane - Head Coach Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball, Assistant Girls Varsity Basketball, Assistant Varsity Track | |
