Gasparian new Golden West AD

Albert Gasparian, women’s volleyball coach at Golden West College,

was named Monday as the school’s new Athletic Director.

Golden West President Ken Yglesias announced that Gasparian, who

previously served as athletic director on an interim basis during the

1993-94 academic year, will succeed Tom Hermstad, who has elected to

return to coaching and teaching at the Huntington Beach campus.

Under Gasparian, Golden West.. women’s volleyball has become the

preeminent program in the state. He has guided the Rustler teams to 10

state championships, including the last six in a row, as well as 15

conference titles.

Gasparian has won more than 90 percent of his matches as head coach,

and brings an overall record of 365-37 in the upcoming fall season, which

will be his 17th with the program.

‘Albert is an excellent young coach and classroom teacher with a proven

track record of leadership at the college,’ Yglesias said. ‘The college

community is excited about Albert continuing the by-the-rules, winning

tradition in 21 sports programs, which has been the hallmark of Ruslter

athletics under (past Ads) Dean (Fred) Owens and Tom Hermstad.’