BASKETBALL

Justin Piergrossi Head Coach

Justin Piergrossi is entering his fifth season as head coach at Skyline.  After spending the first two years on the road, Piergrossi is looking forward to his first season with a home court.  The team will be moving back into their renovated gymnasium this season after playing and practicing in San Mateo the previous two years.  In his first season, Piergrossi inherited a team that had won six games the season before.  With a roster of all freshman, Skyline won nine games his first season.  Last year, playing without its two top post players for over a month, the Trojans posted 11 wins.  Three of the four sophomores who finished the 2005-06 season signed scholarships to continue their education and playing careers at four-year universities.

Piergrossi became the sixth head coach in Skyline's illustrious history after serving five seasons as an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco.

Piergrossi is well known in both the Bay Area and in California after serving as USF's top assistant and recruiting coordinator.  He recruited the team MVP in each of his last two seasons on the staff.  During his time at USF he also coached one WCC Player of the Year (Kenyon Jones), two 1st Team All-Conference selections (John Cox, Darrell Tucker), one All-Conference honorable mention (Tyrone Riley), and one WCC Newcomer of the Year (Darrell Tucker). In 1999-2000 Piergrossi was also part of a USF team that achieved the school's highest win total in three decades.

In his time at USF, Piergrossi's duties gradually shifted from the day-to-day operations of the program to the recruitment of student-athletes and opponent scouting. He played a key role in the advance scouting of many of the Dons' upsets over the past few years, including Michigan , BYU, Ohio State and Fresno State .

In addition to his role on the court, Piergrossi served an equally important role off the court. His role as an academic mentor proved invaluable as USF claimed one of the highest graduation rates in the country year after year.

Prior to joining Philip Mathews' staff at USF, Piergrossi served as an assistant coach at Hanover College in Hanover , IN. At Hanover , he was part of a perennial Division III power, working for Dr. Michael Beitzel, two-time Midwest District NABC Coach of the Year. At Hanover , Piergrossi concentrated on the team's defense, which ranked 9th in the nation in points allowed per game in 1997-98.

Piergrossi also interned for the Philadelphia 76ers in its front office and volunteered for the University of Connecticut during its 1995-96 Big East Championship season. He is well known on the summer basketball camp circuit as well after working a number of the top camps on the east coast and in the Midwest .

Piergrossi hails from Bloomfield, CT where he played at Bloomfield High School for legendary coach Joe Reilly. Reilly is one of the winningest coaches in Connecticut High School Basketball history. Following his playing career at Bloomfield, Piergrossi went on to earn his undergraduate degree at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in Sports Management and Finance. He also earned his Master's degree in Sports Management from the University of San Francisco. Piergrossi is married to the former Amy Hoopes. They have two daughters, Ella and Natalie.

BASEBALL

Coach Nomicos was named 2004 Coast Conference Coach of the Year after leading the Trojans to a 29-8 record and their first Coast Conference Championship in 25 years.

Dino Nomicos is a graduate of Saint Ignatius High School in San Francisco where he played baseball, and was a High School All-American outfielder. His collegiate career and education began at Canada College in Redwood City where he played centerfield and was the team captain under longtime coach Lyman Ashley. Coach Nomicos continued his education and playing career at the University of San Francisco, where he was an All Conference centerfielder. Coach Nomicos finished his playing career in Montreal, Canada were he played two years of independent baseball. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education in 1984, Coach Nomicos spent six seasons as an assistant coach and head recruiter at the University of San Francisco In 1990 he earned his Masters Degree in Educational Administration and then joined the staff at Canada College as an assistant under Coach Mike Garcia. In seven years at Canada College Coach Nomicos helped guide Canada to seven straight State playoff berths and two Coast Conference championships. Since taking over at Skyline in 2000 as head coach, coach Nomicos has graduated 95% of his athletes to four year universities, and 91% of his athletes have been awarded baseball scholarships to major universities such as Auburn, Virginia Commonwealth, St. Johns, North Carolina, Marist, San Francisco State, and Sonoma State.

BADMINTON

Jan Fosberg is entering her 8th year as head coach at Skyline College. She is a graduate of Skyline where she competed in volleyball, basketball, softball, and cross-country. She was named Most Improved Player on the 1980 volleyball squad and was on the 2nd team All Conference as a catcher for two years. Jan was the Most Valuable Runner on the cross-country team in 1991. She also attended California State University Hayward where she competed in volleyball and softball. She received her Bachelors Degree in 1984 and her Masters Degree in Kinesiology in 1991.

Her volleyball coaching experience includes stints at El Camino High School, Santa Clara University, and the College of Notre Dame. She coached softball at Westmoor High School, College of Notre Dame, and Skyline. Jan has also coached basketball, track and field, and badminton at the high school level. Fosberg is the coach of the Skyline women’s badminton team as well.

Jan is entering her sixth year as Badminton head coach at Skyline College. She is a graduate of Skyline where she competed in badminton on the school’s first club team.

Her coaching experience includes badminton at Sunset High School in Hayward and track and field at Menlo Atherton High School. She is also the head coach of Skyline’s women’s volleyball team.

MEN'S SOCCER

Daniel Link is in his 9th season as Head Coach of the Trojans Soccer Team. Coach Link also served one season as an assistant coach in 2000. He holds a FIFA-recognized United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National “B” license and a National Soccer Coaches Association of
America Advanced National Diploma.

As an athlete, Link was a member of the well-known San Francisco United Soccer Club (SFUSC), which in 1989 won the USA Cup and was among the National McGuire Cup Finalists. This team played internationally in eight countries (Brazil, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sweden). He was captain on many of the SFUSC teams.

Coach Link also coached the San Francisco Nighthawks, an elite women's soccer team that competes in the semi-professional Western Premier Soccer League (WPSL). In 1998, Link was the head coach of the WPSL all-star team that traveled to Shanghai, China, for a winning exhibition match against the China all-stars.

Coach Link earned a B.S. degree in Kinesiology from California State University Hayward, where he helped guide the CSU Pioneers to the NCAA Final Four in 1989. He has more than 20 seasons of coaching experience at the varsity high school level for both men’s and women’s teams. He has been involved in the Olympic Development Program for six years.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Coach Corsiglia holds a bachelors degree in Psychology from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and Masters Degree in Kinesiology/Sports Psychology from San Jose State University.

VOLLEYBALL

Head Coach: Rayannah Salahuddin

Education: B.S. Kinesology (Teaching/ Coaching), Humboldt State University

"My coaching philosophy is: education, strategy, execution, and risk aversion. I believe in educating my players in the most advanced volleyball skills, as well as, expecting a minimum GPA of a 3.50 while they participate in our year-round program. We offer one of the few year-round volleyball programs at the junior college level: off-season conditioning classes, volleyball classes that cover volleyball theory, tactics, and strategy. My #1 goal is to help my players get recruited to a four-year university.

I specifically train middle blockers to be devastating and powerful hitters. You will learn how to move across the net and set a solid block, transition off the net, and take an approach for numerous quickset attacks (1's, Back 1's, Dogs, 31's ect). You will also learn how to create holes on your opponents block by running effective plays from the middle.

WRESTLING

Head Coach – James Haddon