Mark Dorfman

Hall of Fame Class of 2009

Mark Dorfman (coach) – In Mark’s thirteen seasons as head track & field coach, his teams won 21 league championships. No Aptos coach, in any sport, has won more. The girl’s team has not lost a dual meet since 1996, and their record is 85-1 under Mark’s direction. The boy’s record over that same span is 80-6. Over the past thirteen years, Mark’s teams have won every major track & field invitational in the CCS, including the West Valley Relays, the Bill Kearney Invitational, the Top 8 Meet, the CCS Frosh-Soph Classic, the Doc Raymond Relays, the Wildcat Relays, the Avis-Kelley Invitational, the Quicksilver Classic, the St. Francis Track & Field Carnival, the Alisal Invitational, and many more. His athletes have broken over 50 school records and 7 county records. With over 130 schools competing in the single-division CCS Track & Field Championships, Mark’s teams have had 12 top-ten finishes. Mark has seen over forty of his athletes go on to compete successfully at over twenty different four-year colleges and universities, including U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, U.C. Irvine, U.C. San Diego, University of Texas, Arizona State, the Naval Academy, Tulane University, Cal Tech, San Francisco State, Chico State, Long Beach State, Biola University, and many more. In 2006, Mark received the CCS Honor Coach Award in track & field, and he is a two-time AHS Teacher-of-the-Year. Mark attributes his success to the tremendous assistants with whom he has worked over the years, and to his outstanding athletes. Mark was presented into the Hall by fellow coach, Dan Gruber, and by former runner, Erin Loftin.