St Joseph by-the-Sea Track & Field
Coaching Staff

Chris Mancusi - Head Coach Cross Country/Track & Field
A 2001 Sea Graduate, Coach Mancusi has coached the freshmen team
since Fall 2002.  In the fall 2005, Mancusi took over the cross country program
from retired Coach Jim Salerno.  During that outdoor season, he guided the freshmen
team to an Island Championship which snapped a 22 year run by Msgr. Farrell.  In 2007,
he was named Head Coach for all three seasons.  The 2008 indoor season saw the Vikings qualify for the prestigious Millrose Games for the first time in 10 years.  They made it back to the Garden again in 2009.  During the same year, at the Nike National Championships in Boston, the 4x800 relay placed 6th earning prestigious All-American honors for the 1st time in Sea history.

Cristian Kocurek - Assistant Coach
Coach Kocurek is a Sea graduate and former team captain from the Class of 2009. 
While on the team, he was "a coach amongst the athletes" and could be seen taking
splits, catching someone's steps or doing whatever needed to get done.  It's to no
surprise that Coach Kocurek has returned to coach.  He is an undergraduate at St.
John's University and studying in the accounting program.  Kocurek will be working
with our sprinters and field athletes.                    

Jim Salerno - Head Coach Cross Country - RETIRED
Coach Salerno was the freshmen coach from '97-'98.  He stepped up to become XC
head coach in 1998 and held that position up until 2003.  He and his wife Monica
were instrumental in strengthening the Big Blue Track meet and fulfilling administrative
duties.  Coach led Sea to its best finish at the XC City Champs with a 6th place performance missing qualifying for the State meet by 1 pt.  He currently serves on the Luke M. Parlatore foundation board and is the meet director for Luke's Race held at Sea every June.
 

John Sexton - Head Coach Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field - RETIRED
Coach Sexton, a St John's University graduate, has been coaching at Sea
since 1995.  From 1995-1998, he was the field event coach.  During his time as field coach, he coached some of the greatest field event atheltes in Sea History.  He became the Head Coach in 1998 and led the Vikings to their second consecutive Indoor Island
Championship in 1999.  Coach retired at the end of 2007 and we wish him well.  In 2008, Coach Sexton joined the coaching staff of St. John Villa where he has gone back to coaching the field events.