Chris Guild joins the coaching staff for his first year, and will also serve as head coach for the junior varsity squad in the 2009-10 season.

A graduate of Concordia (class of 2000), Guild has built a stout résumé as a youth sports director, and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Concordia's Master's of Coaching and Athletic Administration program.

After graduating with his bachelor's in liberal arts, Guild began working for Skyhawks Sports Academy, a national organization based in Spokane, Wash, working his way up to assistant area director.

Guild also helped start and manage TriFytt Sports, a similar youth sports program that now covers all of Southern California.

A four-year member of Concordia's track and field team, Guild ran on a sprint medley team that posted a standing school indoor record of 3:37.33 in 1999. He was also on a pair of outdoor relay teams whose marks have yet to be broken, the outdoor sprint medley (3:34.46) and the distance medley (10:27.43).

As a basketball player, Guild played on Concordia's junior varsity team for one year, and traveled with another team that participated in a tournament in Australia.

Guild is single and lives in Irvine.