coaches

Karson Hayden '11- Co-Head Coach
khayden@servitehs.org

Karson Hayden '11 took over head coaching responsibilities for the 2019 season following the retirement of longtime coach Richard Gibbs. Since then, the team has qualified for CIF in each of the four seasons with one runner finishing as a CIF Runner-Up and State qualifier. In track, he has also coached a 3200 CIF Finalist while having Trinity League Champions in the 800, 1600 and 3200. In addition, one of his runners won the CIF Championship in the 1600 before advancing to the State Meet. Coach Hayden is a graduate of Servite from the Class of 2011 where he ran cross country and track and field for the Friars. While at Servite, he helped the 2009 cross country team to a seventh place finish at the California Division 3 State Meet. After Servite, he attended the California State University of Monterey Bay where he ran for the Otters for four years. Hayden returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an assistant before taking over the program a few seasons later. He also teaches science.

Randy Hills- Co-Head Coach
rhills@servitehs.org

Randy Hills took over shared head coaching duties with Coach Hayden beginning with the 2019 season after serving one season as an assistant coach. Since then, the team has qualified for CIF in each of the four seasons with one runner finishing as a CIF Runner-Up and State qualifier. In track, he has also coached a 3200 CIF Finalist while having Trinity League Champions in the 800, 1600 and 3200. In addition, one of his runners won the CIF Championship in the 1600 before advancing to the State Meet. He is a graduate of St. John Bosco High School where he lettered in Cross Country and Track all four years. He was a part of the 1st team in Bosco history to advance to the Cross Country California State Meet. Coach Hills earned All-CIF honors in both Cross Country and Track. After his time at Bosco, he attended California State University, Long Beach where he was a part of the Cross Country and Track teams. Hills earned his degree in Liberal Studies and is currently the Physical Education Teacher at St. Pius V School in Buena Park. His coaching career started as an assistant coach at St. John Bosco, then he took over the Cross County and Track programs at St. Josephs High School where he coached for seven seasons. Thereafter, he went to Bishop Amat where both Boys and Girls teams advanced and placed at the California State Meet. Now that Coach Hills is at Servite, he hopes to continue the success he has had a long the way during his running and coaching career.