Coach Garcia brings a wealth of experience to the coaching staff as he begins his 12th season with the Toros softball program.
Prior to CSUDH, Garcia served as Coach Maier’s assistant varsity coach at St. Paul High School from 1999-00. Before St. Paul, Garcia spent four seasons from 1995-98 as the head coach at El Rancho High School, leading team to the Del Real League playoffs each year.
From 1982-85 coach Garcia was the junior varsity coach at St. Paul HS and served as the head coach for the St. Paul freshman baseball team in 1986 where he led the Swordsmen to their first-ever undefeated season with a perfect 22-0 record. Garcia also coached from 1988-95 with various American Softball Association (ASA) traveling softball teams.
Coach Garcia, who will primarily work with the pitchers and the infield, is a Roosevelt High School and LA Trade Tech alum. He is semi-retired after working for the Southern California Gas Company for 28 years. He and his wife of 38 years Saundra, have two grown daughters, Kelly Anne and Tracy, and added two new members to his family in the summer of 2004, twin grandsons Kyle and Ryan.
(December 2011)
