Jennifer DeRego Joins Track & Field/XC Staff
August 22, 2017 | Cross Country, Track & Field
UCLA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Avery Anderson has announced the addition of Jennifer DeRego as a track & field and cross country assistant coach.
DeRego brings 14 years of coaching experience to UCLA. She comes to Westwood from Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., where she was the head cross country and track and field coach. DeRego had also coached at the collegiate level, serving as an assistant coach at the United States Military Academy in West Point in 2011 and at her alma mater, Cal Poly, from 2007-09.
"Coach DeRego brings a wealth of experience," said Anderson. "She will have a tremendous impact on our distance events that will allow us to elevate our program."
At Heritage High School, DeRego led her cross country team to five league championships in the last six years, as well as three individual champions. The 2013 Coach of the Year, DeRego coached Heritage's first-ever state qualifiers. On the track and field side, she coached seven league championship boy's teams and the 2017 California State Champion in the boys 800m.
DeRego graduated in 2002 from Cal Poly, where she was a member of two Big West Conference Cross Country championship teams (2000 and 2001). She was the 2001 Big West 10k champion and school record holder. DeRego went on to become a two-time qualifier at the Olympic Trials Marathon, competing in 2004 and 2008. She earned her Master of Science degree in Kinesiology from Cal Poly in 2009.