Mike Gross
Joined: Aug 6, 2025
Coach Michael Gross is the Head Coach of Southwestern College after being the lead assistant at SWC for 1 season and 7 successful years coaching at Olympian High school in Chula Vista. At Olympian, Coach Gross won 2 CIF titles (2015, 2018) and made playoffs in 5 of his 7 years at the helm. Coach Gross is well known in the South Bay softball community as he has coached for over 20 years in the community. He started coaching at Bonita Valley Girls Softball in 2004 and was a member of the Bonita Valley Board for 12 years. Coach Gross also coaches internationally as the U15/U13 National Team Head Coach for the Israeli National softball program and will ne coaching Israeli U13 National team Head Coach that will compete in Italy in the summer of 2025. Coach Gross was also the Coach for the USA open division softball team in the 2022 Maccabi games in Israel where they took home the silver medal. Coach Gross has extensive recruiting experience and has been the college recruiting advisor for the Firecracker travel ball program and has helped over 100 students commit to a college to play softball. Coch Gross has coached at every level of organized softball, from rec ball, to travel ball, to high school and now at the college level. Coach Gross is also a professional public address announcer and announces games for San Diego State, UC San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene, CIF-San Diego Section, Southwestern College, and several local high schools. Coach Gross is a University of Phoenix Graduate (2000) in Business Management and obtained his Masters Degree from Concordia University – Irvine (2021) with an emphasis in Coaching and Exercise Science. Coach Gross is a native San Diegan and lives in Chula Vista with his wife Lisa, daughters Sarah, Emily, and Alyssa, and his 3 dogs… Archie, Max and Molly.
