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Halda, the assistant coach a year ago when
the Comets won the Southern California community college
championship, was named Palomar's head men's coach during the
off-season.
The 48-year-old Halda is a graduate
of Torrey Pines High School in 1976 and received his B.A. in
Physical Education from San Diego State University in 1981.
Halda joined Palomar's men's golf coaching staff as an assistant
in 2002. He's also been running backs coach and, previously,
quarterbacks coach in Palomar's highly-successful football
program, also since 2002.
Halda has an
SCGA Index of 3.1.
Halda becomes
the fifth head men's golf coach in Palomar history, following in
the successful footsteps of the late Ward "Rusty" Myers, Mack
Wiebe, Bob Lusky and Jonas Crawford.
After an outstanding prep
career at Torrey Pines, Halda was a
quarterback at San Diego State from 1976-1980. He
was the only Aztec starting quarterback to beat both
Florida State and Miami, and still appears on
several SDSU Top 10 passing lists.
Halda has
lived in San Diego County for 35 years and currently is a
resident of San Marcos. He has two sons,
Aaron, a former volleyball player at Palomar, and
Nathan.
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