Coach John Corona begins his sixth year at the helm of the King Track program and brings an immense amount of coaching and administrative experience to his job.  Under his guidance, the program won a total of 5 Sunkist League Championships (Girls-3. Boys -2) and over the past three years both the boys and girls have finished second in the Ivy League to perennial CIF powers North and La Sierra. He has been the meet manager for League Finals 6 times in his career and also runs the King Soph/Frosh Classic. He also serves as the League Representative for track.

Corona has been at King since 2000 after serving at Arlington High for 21 years-10 as head track coach. 30 of Riverside County’s top track and field marks are by athletes coached by Coach Corona. He was a three sport letter winner in cross country-basketball and track at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. and he has his master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University.  He and his wife Nanette have been married for 21 years and have three sons-two of which are or have been members of the King Track program.

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The King Track program is extremely fortunate in having Reynaldo Brown join it’s coaching staff in 2008. Long time track fans will recognize Rey as a member of the 1968 and 1972 Olympic teams. In 1968, at the age of 18, he finished fifth in the World in the high jump. He owns numerous records and titles from meets across the country and was the NCAA champion two years in a row.

He has been inducted into the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Hall of Fame as well as the Mt.SAC Hall of Fame.  He was the NCAA National Champion in the high jump in 1971 and again in 1973. He was the 1971 Indoor National Champion in the high jump.

From 1968 to 1976 he was ranked in the top 10 high jumpers nationally, and again ranked top 10 in 1979.  In 1971, '73 and '74 he was the number-two high jumper in the country behind the legendary Dwight Stones.  In 1970 he was ranked number one in the country.

While in high school (Compton HS), he leaped 7' 3" and is still ranked 5th All Time in California in the high jump!

Though the high jump is his expertise, he will also be working with the long and triple jumpers as well. This Compton High School grad has coached at Eisenhower High School, Redland East Valley, St. Bernard’s and Pomona High. Coach Brown is always in demand at clinics and camps throughout the country. He and his wife Denise live in Riverside.

He has been inducted into the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Hall of Fame as well as the Mt.SAC Hall of Fame.  He was the NCAA National Champion in the high jump in 1971 and again in 1973. He was the 1971 Indoor National Champion in the high jump.

From 1968 to 1976 he was ranked in the top 10 high jumpers nationally, and again ranked top 10 in 1979.  In 1971, '73 and '74 he was the number-two high jumper in the country behind the legendary Dwight Stones.  In 1970 he was ranked number one in the country.

While in high school (Compton HS), he leaped 7' 3" and is still ranked 5th All Time in California in the high jump!

We are honored and pleased to have coach and Olympian Reynaldo Brown taking our jumpers to new heights!

Coach Edwin Jones has a long history in the Riverside area in track and field. He has been coaching at the high school level for a total of 23 years and for five of those seasons he has coached the sprinters at King to great heights and accomplishments. Prior to coming to King, he coached at Ramona High School for 18 years serving as an assistant and as head coach. He was an integral part of the coaching staff that guided the Rams to a CIF runner-up trophy in 1995.  Coach Jones was a standout sprinter himself at Ramona High in the early 80’s  and was a CIF qualifier. Coach Jones is one of the intramural and /recreation directors at Loma Linda University. He  is married to Louise and has two daughters.

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Coach Clendenen's life has been bathed in athletics. A competitive swimmer while at Poly HS in the early 1990's, she went on to swim competitively at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Her father was the head basketball coach at UCR for nearly 30 years and her uncle is the current Athletic Director at King High. Her husband Bruce, works as a caddy on the PGA tour.

Since college, Leisha has taken on the sport of running, completing four marathons and racing more often at the 5K and 10K distances. Her marathon PR is 3:42:00.   She is a fitness enthusiast and brings a great amount of knowledge to the task of coaching athletes, making them well-rounded and fit competitors. 

At King, Coach Clendenen teaches Language Arts and helps organized the LINK crew.

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Jim Griesinger is father to seven children and has been on-board the program since 2001. He has been a steady contributor to all the good that has come to King track and cross country. A runner for most of his adult years, he has taken up marathoning, and has run the San Diego, Las Vegas, Michigan, San Francisco and Boston Marathons. His younger kids have been a part of the program with Steve (02), Diane (03), James (05), and Mary (06) all competing at one time for the King Wolves.

In the Fall, Coach Griesinger is one of the cross country coaches, a tenure he has kept since the school opened in 1999.

Coach Griesinger happily retired from the work force in February of 2009, and enjoys doing local projects for friends and fishing with his grown sons.

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Coach Zaza Ralph joins the King coaching staff with almost 25 years of experience in almost every area of track and field.Coach Ralph has coached at Fontana High, A.B. Miller High School  and has spent the last ten years at Arlington High. He and Coach Corona worked together for four years prior to Corona's departure to King High. Like a couple of the assistants on the King staff, he has head coaching experience as well.

Though his coaching strength has always been the sprints, Coach Ralph will work with the long and triple jumpers here at King. A former standout in both track and football at Fontana High, this former Green Beret brings a disciplined and focused attitude to his job that he imparts to the kids he works with. Yet, he also has a light touch that endears him to his athletes.  He has helped to produce CIF champions-CIF participants-League champions (including King coach Chris Johnson) everywhere he has been. We are glad to have him with us.