Kayla Ferron enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Cal track & field program.
Ferron spent the previous two seasons as the volunteer assistant for cross country and distance at Grand Canyon University under head coach Sara Slattery. She helped the GCU men to a third-place finish at the 2020-21 WAC Championships, the program's best finish at the meet, while the women came in fourth.
During her time at GCU, Ferron helped train WAC Freshman of the Year Joseph Skoog to a sixth-place finish at the conference meet to earn All-WAC first team honors.
Ferron will join Cal cross country head coach and track & field distance coach
Bobby Lockhart, who is set for his third season with the Golden Bears in 2021-22.
A native of Torrance, California, Ferron attended Redondo Union High School and ran track/cross country before competing collegiately at the University of Arizona.
Ferron made two NCAA Cross Country West Regional appearances with the Wildcats and holds the No. 5 spot in the school record book in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:29. She also earned several accolades in the classroom at UA, including two Academic All-Pac-12 honors.
Ferron graduated from the University of Arizona in May 2018 with a degree in Elementary Education.
