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- Year:
- 1975-2010
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- Sports Played:
- Coach & Administrator
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- Induction Year:
- 2024
Bio
A fixture to the Orange Coast College Athletics family for over three decades, Barbara Bond began her journey at OCC back in 1975 when, at the age of 25, she coached field hockey and women’s basketball for the first three years of her tenure. But, with field hockey waning in popularity and women’s basketball moving to a winter sport, Bond convinced the college to bring in women’s soccer, just as the roots of Title IX began to grab hold of the sports community at the California community college level. For the spring, Bond then began her tenure as the softball coach. In 22 seasons with the women’s soccer program, Bond guided the Pirates to six conference championships and two state championships (1989, 1991). She was named the Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year five different times, the OEC All-Sport Coach of the Year once and in 2002, she was the National Soccer Coaches Association West Region’s Coach of the Year. From 1979-1989, Bond was the head coach of the OCC softball program, and much like the soccer team, she helped establish the foundation for the program which enabled it to grow and flourish for decades to come. Also, during her coaching tenure, Bond was the head coach of the OCC badminton team and helped the Pirates earn steady success in that sport as well. In 2004, Bond was named the school’s Athletic Director and thanks to her hard work and dedication, she helped OCC’s athletic facilities grow and improve across the board. As Dean and Athletic Director, among the projects that Bond helped create included improvements to the soccer, baseball and football facilities, as well as the creation of the OCC Fitness Complex and OCC’s new softball complex. Bond helped OCC to continue to be an example of athletic excellence with state-of-the-art facilities and that excellence has carried forward years after her retirement in 2010. In 2022, the 3C2A honored Bond for furthering the impact on Title IX to celebrate its 50th anniversary. As an athlete, Bond helped lead Long Beach State to the Collegiate National Volleyball Championship. Bond, one of the first-ever inductees of the California Community College Women’s Soccer Hall of Fame, has also competed on four USVBA National Championship teams as well as six Senior Softball World Series championship teams.
