UC Santa Cruz has produced thousands of student-athletes proud to be Slugs. Former Slugs have gone on to make a difference in communities throughout California and around the nation. Many student-athletes have a strong sense of loyalty to the department and have stayed in Santa Cruz to work as coaches and administrators. Here are just a few of UCSC's Athletic Alumni...

Jonah Carson enters his second year as the Head Men's volleyball coach. In Carson's first year, the Slugs finished the season ranked #8 in the AVCA D-III poll with a 14-10 record. Before taking the helm at UC Santa Cruz, Carson coached the successful Aptos High School Mariners, Aptos, CA. In three seasons at Aptos, the Mariners twice finished t-5th in the Central Coast Section and placed 2nd in 2004. During three years coaching, Carson was named Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Coach of the Year three times. He finished coaching and teaching at Aptos (86-26, 3 years) in 2005.

As a Slug, Carson was a four-year starter, and one year Captain, and MVP. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and a Masters in Teaching: Secondary Education, English from UC Santa Cruz. He currently teaches English at Santa Clara High School and runs Bear Volleyball club for boys.

Dan Chamberlain is entering his third year as the Head Coach for the UC Santa Cruz Men's Soccer Program. In his first two years, Chamberlain has compiled an impressive 36-7 record and led the Slugs to two consecutive NCAA playoff appearances.

During his first year (2006) Chamberlain led the Slugs to a 21-2 record, a birth in to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament, a top 10 ranking in the NSCAA National Poll and a nation leading Goals Against Average and Shutout Percentage.  In a magical run through the NCAA tournament that year, the Slugs beat the top ranked team in the nation, Trinity University on their home field in the second round of the tournament, handing the Tigers their first loss on their home field in 5 years.

In 2007, Chamberlain led the Slugs to a 15-5 mark, and their fifth consecutive birth into the NCAA tournament.  With wins over some of the top teams in the Western Region, including Gustavus Aldolphus, Cal Lutheran and Pacific Lutheran the Slugs were poised for another deep run into the NCAA tournament.  However, the Slugs were stopped short with a first round loss at the University of Redlands.

Under Chamberlain, the Slugs have placed 6 players on to the NSCAA All-Region Team,  2 players on the NSCAA Scholar All-Region Team, 1 player on the Scholar All-American team, 3 players on the D3Kicks.com All-American Teams, 6 players on the D3Kicks.com All-Region teams and 14 players onto the Association of Division III Independent All-Independent Teams, including both the Offensive and Defensive players of the year for 2006.  In addition, the Slugs were awarded the NSCAA Team Academic Award for a team GPA of above a 3.2.

Before taking the Head Coaching position, Chamberlain served as an assistant coach for the Slugs in 2004 and 2005; helping lead the Slugs to their 2004 Final Four appearance.  Prior to coaching, Chamberlain was a four year starting goalkeeper for the Slugs, where he helped lead the 2003 Slugs to their first ever Western Regional Championship, and still holds the record for Career Shutouts.  Chamberlain graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2003 with a degree in Earth Sciences and Education.

In addition to coaching at UC Santa Cruz, Chamberlain is also very active in the Santa Cruz soccer community.  He is highly involved with the development of the youth soccer players of Santa Cruz County, as a Coach and Goalkeeping Director for the Santa Cruz County Breakers, and the Catalyst Soccer Player Development Program.

Selene Teitelbaum has been the Head Women's Volleyball Coach since the 2004 season. Selene returned to UC Santa Cruz after finishing graduate school at Bemidji State University at Minnesota. At BSU, she received a Masters of Science in Sports Studies. At BSU (an NCAA Division II institution), Selene also served as the Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach for two seasons and interim head coach for the spring season. In her first year at BSU, the team doubled their conference wins from the previous year and have since been in the running for the conference championship.

As a Slug, Selene played four years for the Slugs as an outside hitter and defensive specialist. She was the team captain her last two years and received two All-Tournament awards her senior year before graduating with a degree in Music in 2001.