Matt Sherman
Head Coach
msherman4@saddleback.edu
Office: PE 607
Phone: (949) 582-4532

Mark Blethen
Assistant Coach
mblethen@saddleback.edu
Office: PE 407
Phone: (949) 582-4640

Head Coach MATT SHERMAN

Matt Sherman joined the Saddleback Cross Country program as an assistant coach in 2002 before being hired full-time as the head coach of the cross country programs in 2010. He has helped to develop both the men's and women's cross country programs and has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success while working with the middle distance and distance runners on the track and field teams.

Sherman earned his B.S. degree in Kinesiology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2002 and recently added a M.A. degree in education. Sherman started his coaching career at Cuesta College in 1997 where he worked as an assistant coach for both men's and women's cross country and track and field until 2002.

Assistant Coach MARK BLETHEN

During the summer of 2000, Mark Blethen took over both the men's and women's cross country programs as well as the men's and women's track & field programs at Saddleback College. With the hiring of Matt Sherman in 2010, Blethen retains his head coaching position of the track and field teams but will take on an assistant coaching role with the cross country program.

Coach Blethen began his coaching career at San Luis Obispo High School, then quickly moved on to the collegiate level where he coached nine seasons at the community college level and two seasons at the University of Delaware.