Coaches

Coach Marlene Wilcox brings a long history of track and field experience to Thousand Oaks High School. As a former Lancer she earned a 1980 CIF State Title and is still a member of the TOHS record holding 4x400 meter relay team. She earned a spot on the 1980 Olympic team at the age of 17yrs as a multi eventer along with the 1983 World Championship Team, Pan American Team and a multitude of other national teams. She holds 5 NCAA National titles and was inducted into the CSLA Athletic Hall of Fame. She still holds the Heptathlon record at CSUN and is the recipient of The Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement. 

Coach Marlene holds a level 2 USATF coaching certification and serves on the USATF Alumni Board. Marlene has coached at the youth, high school and professional levels and has helped produce 20 CIF Champions, 3 City Champions and a defending State champion along with many other podium worthy performances. Marlene also helped facilitate performances off the field and in the classroom ensuring the student/athletes with multiple college scholarship opportunities. 

Coach Marlene humbly prides herself as a life long student of the sport and is always searching for new approaches to take her passion to the next level. She is a firm believer that success, humility, giving back and leadership should be achieved and pursued from the inside out. “It is my joy and passion to coach athletes who want to excel and put in the work and commitment regardless of their athletic ability.” Marlene is a firm believer that sports on any level teach invaluable life lessons by giving tools of critical thinking, learning to use failure as a catalyst for success, the value of hard work and dedication, vulnerability, team work, trust, integrity, and self belief.” 

Rand has been involved with student/athletes as a coach, teacher and school administrator for 20+ years. As a teacher in both the LVUSD and LAUSD systems he taught all subjects K-12. Later he taught subjects such as geography and geographic information systems at Moorpark College and CSUN. As a Boundary Coordinator for the Masterplanning and Demographics department of the LAUSD he worked to determine where new schools would be built and was responsible for drawing the associated attendance boundaries. 

Besides being a Track and Field Coach at Calabasas High for the past five years, Rand has been involved in baseball, basketball, football and soccer as a coach and an athlete.  As the CHS coach in charge of player development, he oversaw a dramatic improvement in the program which ultimately came to produce numerous champions. Among those who won Marmonte League Championships for him were his very own children: Emma (CHS ’15) was the Girls 200m champ in 2014 and Noah (CHS ’19) was the Boys FR/SO 400m champ for 2017.   

Along with helping students on the track, Coach Rand has also dedicated himself to helping them advance in the classroom. Over the past 5 years he has had a successful record of assisting student/athletes achieve their college dreams through his AdmitWon Program. Many current and past athletes have gained acceptance at major college programs due to his guidance.

Coach Rand’s philosophy is “it is all about the work”. For him having talent is secondary to giving effort. “If you are trying hard you will make this squad and feel like a contributor, and when you feel like a contributor you are already winning.” 

Todd Bersley has been an assistant coach for Thousand Oaks High School Cross Country and Distance Track since 2021. His previous coaching experience includes youth track and field for Thousand Oaks Flyers from 2008 to 2015 and basketball teams in CYBA from 2010 to 2014. He has been an avid supporter of the “trust the process” coaching philosophy that not only promotes personal growth through hard work and skill development, but also fosters a supportive team culture that helps all athletes work together to build the confidence they need to compete at their peak performance. In his other life, Todd works as a technical writer at Teradyne in Agoura Hills, and lives in Thousand Oaks with his wife Cindy.