Bio

Mitchell Zarders enters his first year as an assistant men’s and women’s coach with a primary focus on jumps. Zarders brings technical expertise and 5 decades of experience as a High, Long, and Triple jumper beginning in high school, at CSULB, competing internationally, and continuing as a Masters athlete today. At CSULB he trained under the tutelage of Baruch Elias and grew, not only as an athlete but also developed a love of coaching and training athletes. He has coached athletes in many disciplines but has focused his technical expertise on the minute details to achieve peak performance in the High, Long, and Triple jump.

1988 Olympian Robert Cannon, triple jump 17.40m (57’10.25’’)

2018-19 State Finalist High Jump, Ry’Ann O’Bannon

2022 State Champion Triple Jump, Cameron O’Bannon

2022 State Finalist Long Jump, Cameron O’Bannon

Current Division 1 Long Jump athlete, Cameron O’Bannon

Coach Zarders is a long-time member of USATF. During Covid, he developed a long-distance coaching technique using video to analyze jumps in real time to implement technical changes during track events. He used this technique while living and working abroad in Munich, Germany for 2 years. He recently retired from his profession as an automotive engineering and development director and now has more time to pursue his true passion of developing world-class jumpers.