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  Greg Bergeron

Greg Bergeron

Player Profile

Last College:
Cal State Dominguez Hills
Position:
Assitant Coach
Experience:
3rd Season
Graduated:
1993

Greg Bergeron is in his second season as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton after spending three years (2005-07) down the road at UC Irvine with fellow Titan coaches Dave Serrano and Sergio Brown.

Bergeron, 38, is responsible for running the Titan offense from the third base coaching box, while also providing hitting and infield instruction. He also lends assistance to Brown with the Fullerton recruiting efforts.

Under his direction, the Titan offense improved from the year prior, jumping its team batting average over 20 points, while leading the Big West Conference in on base percentage, runs, walks, stolen bases and total bases.

With Bergeron at the reins of the offense, the Titans swiped 126 bases - the seventh-most in school history and eighth-most in the nation - while a pair of rookies broke school records in sacrifice bunts and stolen bases. Christian Colon broke the seven-year-old sacrifice mark and led the squad to the third-most sacrifices in the nation while Gary Brown broke the freshman stolen base mark with 25 steals.

The Titans also quietly posted the school's fifth-best fielding percentage in school history, large-in-part to Bergeron's work with the Titan infield.

While at Irvine, Bergeron's offensive strategy was also extremely proficient as the Anteaters led the Big West in nearly every major category except doubles, home runs and walks. Under his guidance, the Anteaters also shattered a school record for stolen bases and set new highs for sacrifices and sacrifice flies. Irvine's 140 stolen bases in 2007 ranked eighth in the nation and nearly tripled the next best Big West competitor.

Prior to Irvine, Bergeron spent seven seasons (1998-2004) at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., where he was eventually promoted to head coach in his final year. In his only season as the Warriors' skipper, Bergeron led El Camino to a school record 30-7 finish and to within one game of a state championship. During his tenure, he helped more than 50 players earn scholarships at four-year colleges, 30 of whom ended up at Division I schools.

Bergeron's coaching career began in 1996 with a one-season stint at Loyola Marymount before moving over to Cypress College where he coached along side Brown and helped guide the Chargers to the California Community College State Championship.

He has seen over 30 of his former players drafted by major league teams with his most notable being Robert Stiehl, a first-round draft pick for the Houston Astros in 2000.

After prepping at Gahr High School and earning first-team all-conference honors at Cerritos College, Bergeron played two seasons at Cal State Dominguez Hills where he was named the Toros' Student-Athlete of the Year and Team MVP as he won the conference batting championship his junior year. Bergeron finished his eligibility in 1994 with Loyola Marymount, where he earned All-West Coast Conference recognition. He eventually signed a free-agent contract with the Houston Astros in 1995.

Bergeron earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1993 and his master's degree in the same subject from Azusa Pacific in 1997. He and his wife, Anne Marie, live in Long Beach with their twin daughters, Nicole and Natalie (8), and their son, Brooks (2).

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