Bio

Coach Michael Gross is entering his second season as Head Coach of Southwestern College after being the lead assistant at SWC for 1 season and 7 successful years coaching at Olympian High school in Chula Vista. At Olympian, Coach Gross won 2 CIF titles (2015, 2018) and made playoffs in 5 of his 7 years at the helm.  Coach Gross is well known in the South Bay softball community as he has coached for almost 20 years in the area. He started coaching at Bonita Valley Girls Softball in 2004 and was a member of the Bonita Valley Board for 12 years.  Coach Gross also coaches internationally as the U19 National Team assistant coach for the Israeli National softball program and has coached junior national teams in Colorado the past 3 years. He was recently named the Israeli U15 National team Head Coach that will compete in Prague in the summer of 2024. Coach Gross was also the Coach for the USA open division softball team in the 2022 Maccabi games in Israel where they took home the silver medal.  Coach Gross has extensive recruiting experience and has been the college recruiting advisor for the Firecracker travel ball program and has helped over 50 students commit to a college to play softball.

Coach Gross is also a professional public address announcer and announces games for San Diego State, UC San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene, CIF-San Diego Section, Southwestern College, and several local high schools.

Coach Gross is a University of Phoenix Graduate (2000) in Business Management and obtained his Masters Degree from Concordia University – Irvine (2021) with an emphasis in Coaching and Exercise Science. Coach Gross is a native San Diegan and lives in Chula Vista with his wife Lisa, daughters Sarah, Emily, and Alyssa, and his 2 dogs Archie and Molly.