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Mandarin High School Athletics

Letter from Principal

Letter from the Athletic Director

Mandarin High School Mission

MEET OUR COACHES

Sarah Smith

Head Cross Country

smiths25@duvalschools.org

Toby Bullock

Head Football

bullockh1@duvalschools.org

Theodore Lundy

Head Girls Tennis

lundyt1@duvalschools.org

Calvin McFarland

Head Boys Tennis

mcfarlandc@duvalschools.org

Natalia Gonzalez

Head Softball

Coach Natalia Gonzalez enters her 21st year as the Head Softball Coach at Mandarin High School. Throughout her years at Mandarin she has compiled a record of 381-131 while guiding the Mustangs to 12 District Championships, 10 Gateway Conference Championships and 2 State Final Four appearances. Gonzalez was named Florida Dairy Farmer’s 6A Coach of the Year in 2008 and was Mandarin High School’s Teacher of the Year in 2015. She is a graduate of the University of North Florida where she played Centerfield for the Lady Ospreys. She is currently a Physical Education teacher at Mandarin High.

gonzalezn@duvalschools.org

Matt Miller

Head Varsity Baseball

millerm11@duvalschools.org

Tony Cuthbertson

Head Girls Soccer

Coach Tony is entering his 7th season at the helm of the Girls Soccer Program at Mandarin High School.  He has coached at the varsity and club level locally and in Indiana for 14 years.  Tony is a graduate of the University of North Florida where he received his Bachelors of Science in Sport Management.  He has served as a staff coach and Director of Coaching for Florida Elite Soccer Academy, currently holding his USSF D and NSCAA National Coaching licenses. Tony resides in Mandarin with his wife Jessie and 2 children Beau and Evelyn.

tcut2188@gmail.com

Jason Cooley

Head Boys Soccer

29 years of coaching experience in both club and high school soccer
• USSF National C coaching license
• USSF National Youth coaching license
• NSCAA Youth license
• Trained in CPR and First Aid
• 8 District Titles (2009,2010,2012-2017)
• 3 State Final 4 (2010,2012,2016)
• 7 Gateway Titles (2009,2011,2012,2013,2014,2017,2019)

jcool42@bellsouth.net

Steve Gonzalez

Head Track and Field

Steven A. Gonzalez has coached for more than a decade in various cities in Central and Northeast Florida. Born on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, he moved to the States as a toddler and was raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Before graduating from Edward H. White High School, he exceled in multiple sports; including track and field, football, and soccer. Steven went on to graduate from Edward Waters College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education.

Below are a list of Steven’s Coaching Accolades.

2018 FHSAA 5A FOOTBALL STATE RUNNER UP
NORTH MARION HIGH SCHOOL

2018 FACA SERVICE AWARD 10+ YEARS.

2016 NFHS BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR -FLORIDA.
Palatka High School

2016
Coached Ka’Tia Seymour (Palatka H.S.) in the 100M with the Nation’s fastest time of 11.26 and fourth fastest time in the 200M of 23.26. Ka’Tia was awarded Florida’s Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year.

2A State Champion:
Girls: 100M, 4x100M, 200M   
Boys: Discus
Runner-Up: Boys Shot Put
Boys Finished 3rd overall
Girls Finished 8th overall

2015
2A State Champion:                                                               
Discus & Shot Put
Boys placed 5th overall

 

2010
Coached Ryan Lankford (Paxon School of Advanced Studies) with the best High School long jump in the Nation, jumping 25’1. Ryan also had the third fastest time in the 100M with 10.41.


3 Individual AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1 Individual AAU NATIONAL RUNNER UP

State Champions 
5 Individuals 1 Relay
35 State Medalists

101 District Champions
35   Regional Champions
53   Conference Champions


2 District Championships
2 Regional Championships
4 District Runner Ups

sagb787@gmail.com

Daniel Magnusson

Head Varsity Volleyball

Coach Magnusson will enter his 3rd season leading the Mustang volleyball program with a 33-14 overall record and 2020 FHSAA 7A District 1 championship.

 

Coach Magnusson has extensive international coaching experience, primarily in his home country of Sweden, where he has coached professionally for over 9 years.  He served as an assistant coach for Sweden’s Junior National team in 2017, earning a silver medal at the Northern European Volleyball u19 Championships in Kettering, England. From 2014-17, he was the head coach of the Women’s A-Team for the Gislaved Volleybollklub, which competed in the Elite Series. He began his coaching career with his home club, Ljungby Volleybollklubb in 2009, and led the club to their first international trip competing at the European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia in 2018.

COACHING CAREER

  • 2021-Present, Sports Edge Athletics, Director of Beach Volleyball 
  • 2020-Present, Mandarin HS, head coach
  • 2019, University of South Florida, assistant coach
  • 2018, University of North Carolina Wilmington, beach & indoor assistant coach
  • 2017, Swedish Girls’ Junior National Team (u19), assistant coach
  • 2014-17, Gislaved Volleybollklubb (Sweden), head coach
  • 2009-14, Ljungby Volleybollklubb (Sweden), head coach

Danielmagnusson86@gmail.com

Nicole Pue

Head Girls Lacrosse

Coach Nicole Pue is entering her third season as head coach and extremely proud of the growth and talent the program is developing. After being an officials for Women’s Lacrosse in Central Florida for six years and watching some of the top teams in the state she wanted to try her hand at coaching. With hard work from her players and supportive parents the team has made incredible achievements. Coaching is one of her most exciting opportunities Coach Pue has been apart of. As Coach Pue continues to advance the Women’s lacrosse program at Mandarin she is always looking for share her love of lacrosse with young women. The team is looking forward to having new faces each season and welcome you into our Lacrosse Family

nicolepue27@gmail.com

Jovie Bellin

Head Boys Lacrosse

jovieandzack66@gmail.com

Osborn Theam

Head Boys Golf

osborntheam94@gmail.com

Mike Brown

Head Girls Golf​ & Head Flag Football

brownM11@duvalschools.org

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AJ Stensrud

Head Wrestling

stensrud.andrew@mayo.edu

Marc Sitowitz

Head Weightlifting

SitowitzM@duvalschools.org

Travis Gamble

Head Girls Varsity Basketball

gamblet@duvalschools.org

George McCleod

Head Varsity Boys Basketball

George McCleod was born in South Florida and raised at the Northern tip of Broward County in Deerfield Beach. He graduated from Deerfield Beach High School in 1995 where he was a member of the boys’ basketball team, the orchestra, and the jazz band. In the fall of 1995, he was awarded a scholarship to play basketball at the University of North Florida (UNF) under the direction of Coaches Rich Zvosec and Sidney Green. In 1999 George McCleod received his Bachelors of Arts and Science majoring in Criminology with a minor in Sociology. After graduating from U.N.F., Coach McCleod began his coaching career as a men’s assistant basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Following his collegiate coaching career, he served as an assistant girls’ basketball coach at The Bolles School and Paxon School for Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, Florida for a total of five years. In the 2006-2007 school year he accepted his first head coaching position at Englewood High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he also was a teacher of students with disabilities. In 2012 he led the team to its first regional playoff game in nearly 10 years. After 6 wonderful years at Englewood, Coach McCleod accepted the girls’ basketball head coaching position at Mandarin High School where he led the team to a second straight district championship and regional playoff appearance.

 

Coach McCleod is in his eighth year as Mandarin’s head boys’ basketball coach and is excited about the overall direction of the team, athletic department, and school. He led the Mustangs to its first back-to-back District Championships and two consecutive playoff appearance (2019 & 2020) since 2007. He is currently in his 21st year as a Duval County School Board employee. He earned his Masters degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration at Concordia University at Irvine in August of 2016. He is supported in all of his endeavors by his lovely wife Shante’ McCleod and two beautiful children, Myiah and Dylan. Coach McCleod’s philosophy is simple. We must strive to be our B.E.S.T (Being Exceptionally Special Today) in all that we do so that we may positively influence others to do the same.

mccleodg@duvalschools.org

Matthew Goalen

Head Bowling

goalenm@duvalschools.org

Valerie Fees

Head Girls Swim

Coach Valerie Fees is a Mandarin High Alum and has been coaching swim at Mandarin Middle since 2007.  This is her first year at the high school level.  She is an English teacher at Mandarin Middle and a swim coach at both Mandarin Middle and Mandarin High.  The Mandarin Middle Swim and Dive team has won the Southern Division Championship several times with Coach Fees and consistently places in the top 5 at the City Championship.  She is also a swim mom.  She has had the opportunity to coach both of her sons in middle school and will now coach her youngest in high school.

feesv@duvalschools.org

Bryan Welter

Head Boys Swim

bwelter@gmail.com

Kelly Frotten

Head Cheer

kelly.rebelstudiojax@gmail.com

Ashley Mallory

Rehabilitation Trainer

alvarezA3@duvalschools.org

MHS ATHLETIC TEAMS

FALL

Girls Golf

Boys Golf

WINTER

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Cheerleading

SPRING

Baseball

Softball

Track & Field

Flag Football

Girls Lacrosse

Boys Lacrosse

Girls Tennis

Boys Tennis

Beach Volleyball

FORMS & RESOURCES

Athletic Clearance - Aktivate System

DCPS Sportsmanship Contract HS

DCPS Media Release for Student

EL2 Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation

EL7 Registration Form for Home Education

EL7V Verification of Student Registration DCPS Home School

EL9 Home School Progress Report

EL12 Non-Member Private School

EL12V Non-Member Private School Verification

EL14-Verification of Student Controlled Open Enrollment

FAQs: Home Education Student Eligibility with (FHSAA)

FHSAA Frequently Used Forms 20-21

GA4 Affidavit of Compliance

MHS Coaches Handbook

Preparticipation Physical Evaluation

Quick Reference DCPS Non-Traditional

Verification of Health Insurance Coverage Requirements

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