Michael Oravets  -  Head Coach - Coach "O" enters his 27th season as a head cross country coach;  19 years at Arlington High School in Riverside and the previous seven here at Los Osos.  His experience includes 27 seasons of coaching distance runners for the respective track teams.  Coach "O" graduated from Cal Poly Pomona and has taught AP Economics, American Government, Economics, Psychology and World History for the past eighteen years.  He lives locally with his wife Heidi and their four children.  Despite his advanced age, he is frequently spotted training in town and achieved national class status for his age in his first half-marathon last December in Pomona.   

Shelly Mendez  -  Assistant Coach  -  Coach Shelly begins her sixth season with the team.  Born and raised in the cross country hotbed of Barstow, she earned her bachelor's degree in math from Cal Poly Pomona and stayed on to get a Masters in statistics.  She teaches AP Calculus and Pre-Calculus here at Los Osos and has two children.  An avid runner since 1993, she has run multiple road races including three half-marathons and one full marathon.