“I look forward with great anticipation to working closely with Patrick to take Toros Athletics to expanded levels of success while continuing to provide a great academic experience for our student-athletes,” begins Bowman. “The relationships Patrick has built over the years as well as his knowledge of the Athletics Department will allow him to keep CSUDH Athletics moving forward with continued success.”

As the Acting Athletics Director, Guillen already has secured several new corporate partners including the Carson Doubletree Hotel, updated CSUDH's corporate sponsorship with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, overseen the appointment of a new Faculty Athletics Representative, raised necessary funds for new baseball and softball bleachers, helped secure a new title sponsorship from AEG for the 2006 Toros Scholarship Golf Classic, sold venue advertising, centralized and updated concessions, and formulated future fundraising ideas all in a period of just over two months, efforts which will substantially increase CSUDH Athletics funding in 2006 and beyond.

“I am thrilled to be appointed as the new Director of Athletics, and couldn't ask for a better situation than working for a University that is a vital component to the community in which I was born and raised,” Guillen begins. “I am honored by the confidence that Dr. Boice Bowman, President Lyons, Dr. Al Rodriguez and the entire search committee has shown me by elevating me to this post, and I look forward to continue working with a very talented group of individuals in the Athletics Department, as well as the entire campus community, to take Toros Athletics to a new level of success. But most of all, I am excited about rolling up my sleeves and working tirelessly on behalf of our students here at CSUDH.”

Guillen has been an integral part of an Athletics Department that has captured an NCAA Division II men's soccer national championship, hosted the NCAA Division II Final Four women's soccer championship, and first- and second-round NCAA Division II men's soccer championships. In addition, Guillen initiated the negotiation process that brought the Home Depot Center to the Carson campus three years ago.

Guillen began his tenure in the Toros Athletics Department in 1995 after serving two years as the media relations director at Vanguard University (formerly Southern California College). As Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations, Guillen has been responsible for fundraising, media, community and public relations, as well as the oversight of all home event management operations.

Prior to working in intercollegiate athletics, Guillen enjoyed a successful sales and marketing career in the healthcare industry, working as the Area Marketing Manager for what was then the largest privately-owned healthcare organization in the country, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Associates, Inc.

Born in nearby Torrance, Guillen's roots are fixed in Carson, having graduated from Carson High School. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management and Marketing from Vanguard University in 1987. Guillen is single and resides in Irvine.