SAN MARCOS, Calif. – A third and final round of coaching hires by Cal State San Marcos Athletics was announced ahead of the 2021-22 campaign by Director of Athletics Jennifer Milo on Wednesday.
 
A.J. Robinson returns to the department as its new Assistant Softball Coach. Robinson was originally part of the coaching staff from 2018 to 2020 and was named Volunteer Assistant Coach of the Year at CSUSM in 2020. He helped the squad earn their highest-ever team grade point average in 2020. For the 2021 season, Robinson was a volunteer assistant coach at San Diego State and helped the Aztecs to an overall record of 28-16. Robinson is also the founder and president of The Factory Softball Club based in San Diego. In 2018 and 2019, he and his coaching staff earned West Region Travel Ball Coaching Staff of the Year honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
 
LPGA golfer Tiffany Joh joins the department as the Assistant Men's and Women's Golf Coach. Joh has been on the LPGA tour since 2011 and earned the Heather Farr Player Award in 2017. A former college great at UCLA, Joh was the first four-time All-American in women's golf history at UCLA. She won the 2007 Pac-10 Championship and was the Pac-10 Player of the Year and NCAA Championship Runner-Up in 2008. Joh won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in 2006 and 2008 and was a member of the 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Out of UCLA, Joh was part of the Symetra Tour from 2009 to 2011 and earned her first two wins as a professional golfer.
 
Matt Bergandi joins the department as the Assistant Baseball Coach. Bergandi was previously a Volunteer Assistant Coach at the University of San Diego for the 2021 season and the Director of Player Development from 2019 to 2020. Prior to USD, he was a Volunteer Assistant Coach for San Francisco State during the 2019 season and spent the 2018 season as an Assistant Coach at Mission College in Santa Clara. He has also spent time as a summer baseball Head Coach and Assistant Coach for the San Diego League. In 2020, Bergandi was the Head of Field Maintenance for the San Diego Padres alternative site at USD. Bergandi is a 2018 graduate of Fresno Pacific University.
 
This round of hires fills all the department's vacant coaching positions.