The Webb School has a pair of new coaches as Ron Smith has been selected to take over the softball program and Chanel Parker chosen for the head track position.
Parker is a six-time All American, with most of her accolades coming in hurdles. She was captain of the varsity track team during each of her four years at Narbonne High School in Harbor City.
After spending her freshman year of college at University of Hawaii, Parker returned to Southern California, competing for Cal State Dominguez Hills and winning a national championship as part of the Toros’ 4×400 meter relay team.
Parker has been an assistant coach at CSU-Dominguez Hills and at Carson High School, where she served on her father’s coaching staff.
Smith, a graduate of Corona High School, most recently served as hitting coach at Riverside Community College but has 30 years of coaching experience in the Inland Empire.
His coaching career began as an assistant varsity coach at Norco High School, then moved on to Roosevelt. He had two coaching stints at his alma mater, from 1997 to 2006, and from 2014 to 2015. Corona made two CIF Finals appearances in Smith’s first tenure.
