Now in his 23^rd season as the Falcons as the lead women’s track and field assistant coach, Michael Allen added his eighth state championship to his resume, as the Falcons won the 2019 title, their fourth in a five-year stretch. They missed out on their fourth in a row in 2018, as they finished in second place. Allen has now guided eight teams in the last 14 years to the state championship, including seven of the last 11 years. Although they had their streak of five straight Southern California Championship end in 2018, they rebounded in 2019 to win the title again. In 2012, Allen and the women’s team finished in a tie for second place at the state championships, while winning the Southern California Championship. In his 21 seasons, Michael Allen has coached 43 individual state champions. With each state title in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019, Allen was named the state’s Women’s Coach of the Year. In his tenure as the women’s track and field head coach, Allen has led his teams to three second place finishes at the State Championships as well as three third places, two fourth places, and two fifth place finishes to go along with the eight state titles. In his first year at the Norwalk campus, Allen also served as one of the defensive line coaches on the football team.

There have been 52 new school records broken during Allen’s tenure, including April Brown, who became just the second person to win the 100-meters at the State Championships two seasons in a row back in 2002-03. In addition, Allen has coached 115 South Coast Conference individual champions in the last 11 seasons, won the conference nine times and Southern California Championship 10 times in the last 13 years. Along with the other accomplishments, 107 of the 120 different running and field marks in the school’s all-time top five have come during Allen’s time.

Allen came to Cerritos after spending eight years (1991-98) at Banning High, where he helped lead the Pilots to the 1991 LA City Championship. Prior to coaching at Banning, Allen coached at Los Angeles Harbor College from 1980-87 and guided them to five Western State Conference championships and a 45-0 dual meet record.

Allen, who was an All-Marine League selection in football and track and field at Banning High, was also a two-time All-Conference selection in both sports at LA Harbor. Allen went on to earn All-Conference honors for two years at Long Beach State, while he also qualified for the NCAA Championships two years in a row. Allen earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from Long Beach State and also works full-time for the County of Los Angeles Probation Department.

Allen and his wife Vicki and one child (Aja) and live in Long Beach.