Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach

Bio

Coach Zepeda began his Hartnell College career as an assistant coach in the Fall of 2006 and quickly promoted to Head Cross Country Coach in Fall of 2008. Since that time the men's cross country team has excelled at both the conference and regional level. For last decade, the Panther men have dominated the Coast Conference winning all but two team championships and nine in a row since 2010. The Panthers have also had every individual conference champion except two in the last ten years. Only three times in the last fourteen years have the Panthers not placed in the top three in the region and won back to back titles in 2021-202 after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panthers have their presence known at the CCCAA State Championship recording several top 5 teram finishes and a recent historic third place in 2021.

Zepeda has helped the Lady Panthers to unprecedented regional success winning Norcal titles in 2009-2010, 2014-2015, 2018-2019, and 2021. The women have won nine of the last eleven Coast Conference Championships dating back to 2013. At the state level, 2014, 2015, and 2021 were historic years for the Lady Panthers. In 2014, the women placed fourth overall at the CCCAA Championship and most recently a historic low team score of 99 points for second place in 2018. In 2021, the Panther women placed second in the state  For his efforts, Coach Zepeda was named the CCCAA Women's Head Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2018.

Coach Zepeda came to Hartnell College via Butte College in Oroville, CA where he helped the Roadrunners for three years. In 2005, he helped guide Oscar Uribe to the CCCAA individual championship, who also set the Norcal record at Toro Park. He also coached at the high school level at Biggs High School in Biggs, CA where he helped qualify the first ever male and female individuals to the CIF State Championship.

A former community college student-athlete while at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, CA, Coach Zepeda also competed for CSU Chico with his final season of collegiate eligiblity. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Exercise Physiology from CSU Chico in 2001 and a M.S. Degree in Kinesiology in 2007 from CSU Chico. He is USATF Level II certified in Endurance, Multi-Events, and Sprints & Relays and has attended the Coaching Emerging Elite Clinic at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.

Coach Zepeda has been married to his lovely wife Kim since 2012 and they have a son, Lucas Miles, and three cats, Cleo, Leo, and Quincy. They call East Garrison, CA home.

Coast Conference Men's Team Placing Since 2006

2006-1st
2007-1st
2008-2nd
2009-2nd
2010-1st
2011-1st
2012-1st
2013-1st
2014-1st
2015-1st
2016-1st
2017-1st
2018-1st
2019-2nd
2020-No championship held
2021-1st
2022-1st
2023-3rd
2024-2nd

Coast Conference Women's Team Placing Since 2006

2006-1st
2007-4th
2008-5th
2009-2nd
2010-1st
2011-2nd
2012-2nd
2013-1st
2014-1st
2015-1st
2016-1st
2017-1st
2018-1st
2019-1st
2020-No championship held
2021-1st
2022-2nd
2023-1st
2024-1st

Northern California Men's Team Placing Since 2006

2006-1st
2007-4th
2008-6th
2009-8th
2010-2nd
2011-2nd
2012-3rd
2013-3rd
2014-2nd
2015-2nd
2016-1st
2017-1st
2018-2nd
2019-4th
2020-No championship held
2021-1st
2022-1st
2023-2nd
2024-4th

Northern California Women's Team Placing Since 2006

2006-2nd
2007-11th
2008-Did Not Score
2009-1st
2010-1st
2011-2nd
2012-4th
2013-8th
2014-1st
2015-1st
2016-3rd
2017-2nd
2018-1st
2019-1st
2020-No championship held
2021-1st
2022-4th
2023-2nd
2024-4th