Head Coach Marty Kinsey was hired in March of 2010. He was the program's first ever full-time head coach. Previously, Coach Kinsey worked at Creighton University as an assistant. He brought a wealth of Saint Mary's experience with him as he graduated from the college with a Bachelor’s degree in 2001. Kinsey competed for the Gaels from 1997-2001 as team captain where his team would earn its highest finish in program history at the WCC and NCAA West Region Championships. After graduating, Kinsey found an 8-year career in business sales management and marketing. In 2008 he married Genevieve Kinsey (05') at the campus chapel. He has three children and lives in Moraga with his family. During his time as head coach he radically changed the culture of the program. He helped add track as a Division I sport in 2012, Indoor Track in 2022, recruited top-tiered athletes and began coaching athletes to national level meets from USA Junior Championships, to NCAA DI Cross Country and Track championships, to the USATF Championship. He signed a renewed 5-year contract in 2023.

Cross Country:

Earned Men's USTFCCCA West Regional Rankings 2014,2015,2016,2021
Earned Women's USTFCCCA West Regional Rankings 2021
Coached program's first ever NCAA National qualifier (Gabe Arias-Sheridan 2017)
Athletes named to three NCAA All-West Region (Rajpaul Pannu 2012,2013, Gabe Arias-Sheridan 2017)
Four athletes named All-WCC (Rajpaul Pannu 2012, Gabe Arias-Sheridan 2017, Rayna Stanziano 2021 and 2023, Kaylee Barnes 2023 and 2024)
Three athletes named All-WCC Honorable Mention (Rajpaul Pannu 2013, Nolan Dozier 2021, Molly Dreher 2023)
Coached five athletes to USA Junior National Championships (Noah McDermott 2014, Edward Chance and Mason Labadie 2015, Rayna Stanziano and Lucas Chung 2020)
Coached every women's track and field school record in every distance
Coached all ten of the top ten women in 6k in program history
Coached the fastest women's team-time in program history for both 5k and 6k
Coached the fastest men's team-time in program history in both the 8k and 10k
Highest team finish at WCC since 2001 for men and 1991 for women
Highest ever team finish at NCAA West Region Championships for women
Won WCC Coach of the Year in 2023 after coaching the highest finish in 32 years for the Gaels

Track:

Initiated the creation of Division I Track in 2012 and Indoor Track in 2022
Coached seven NCAA qualifiers (Zach Hansen 1500, Gabe Arias-Sheridan 10k in 2016, Noah McDermott 3000S 2018, Rayna Stanziano 1500m in 2021, 1500 and 5000 in 2022, 1500 in 2024 and 5000 in 2025, Penelopea Gordon in 800 in 2023, Molly Dreher in 1500 in 2024 and Jaden De Souza in 400 Hurdles in 2025)
Coached every school record in program history
Coached two athletes to USA Junior Nationals (Ali Teliha, 2014, Noah McDermott 2015)

USA Level:

Coached Rayna Stanziano to a 2020 2nd place finish at the USATFXC U20 Championships. Stanziano qualified to represent Team USA in Canada at the PANAM XC Cup
Coached Lucas Chung to a 2020 8th place finish at the USATFXC U20 National Championships. Chung qualified to represent Team USA in Canada at the PANAM XC Cup
Coached Rajpaul Pannu to a 2020 Olympic Trails qualifier in the Marathon (2:17:05)
Coached Rajpaul Pannu to a top 20 finish at the USA National Championships in the marathon
Coached Rajpaul Pannu to the USATF National Championships in the 10k (2018)

Academics:

Since 2011, the XC/Track programs have earned over 30 NCAA All-Academic Team Awards
XC/Track has won highest team GPA on campus five times since 2011 among the 16 D1 programs
Women's XC/Track reached the highest GPA in program history, a cumulative 3.514 in spring of 2024
Earned multiple honors from the WCC with athletes earning WCC All-Academic and honorable mention awards.

Development:

Initiated the creation of the program’s first full-time assistant coach and program’s first paid third assistant coach
Created annual fundraising events that bring together alumni, parents, and boosters which raises $50,000+ annually
Created an alumni board to promote our successful alumni and to support our student-athletes with strong alumni connections

"Having been a student-athlete at Saint Mary's, and having such a transformative and positive experience here, I'm excited to lead the program to many firsts... Each year we rewrite the record books from school records, strength of recruiting classes, academic honors, fundraising goals, and more. The college has rewarded our efforts with more operating funds and scholarship dollars to continue to rise up the WCC and NCAA national ranks. The people who chose to be a part of our program are individuals who want to be part of a program's evolution, cultural improvements, and to lay claim as being one of the ‘firsts’ who helped us achieve new levels of success in both athletics and academics."

Name	Title	Phone	Email Address
Marty Kinsey	Women's Head Coach	878-9423	mmk1@stmarys-ca.edu
Marc Kaiser	Assistant Coach		mhk1@stmarys-ca.edu

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