Mark Halvorson is the head wrestling coach for CYC, and is active in USA Wrestling on the local, state and national levels. Since he took over the CYC Wrestling Program in 1998, CYC has produced 120 State Champions, 44 Regional Champions, 30 California Triple Crown winners, 119 USA All-Americans, 27 National Champions, 15 international tournament medalists, one Junior Pan American Champion, two Junior World Team members, one Youth Olympian, and one senior national team member. In addition, CYC has won 42 age group team state championships since he joined the organization. His CYC teams have competed in France, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, and the Netherlands.

Halvorson served as the California Greco Roman Head Wrestling coach from 1996 to 2008, and the California Greco Roman Coach for the Junior National Duals in 2000. Team California won five unofficial national team championships while he was the head coach. Halvorson also served on the California USA Wrestling Executive Committee for two years. In 1998, he was named the Western States Developmental Coach of the Year by USA Wrestling. In 2006, he earned his National Coaches Education Program Gold Coaching level certification from USA Wrestling, the highest level of achievement in coaching.

He has had numerous international coaching assignments for USA Wrestling. In addition to coaching the 2010 Youth Olympic Games team, he was a 2006 FILA Junior World Team coach, and also coached a 2004 FILA Junior tour team. He was an assistant coach for the 2003 University World Team at the Olympic Hopes Tournament in Hungary. Halvorson was Team Leader for the 2001 FILA Junior World Team, and Head Coach of the 2000 FILA Cadet World Team.

Mark Halvorson also works as the varsity wrestling coach at De La Salle High School in Concord. His team has won three consecutive North Coast Section (NCS) individual tournament team titles, five straight NCS Dual Team titles, and in 2011 their first top four California State Meet finish. He also has produced 17 CIF State medalists, 28 North Coast Section Champions, and 52 CIF State Qualifiers. In 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Halvorson was named the Contra Costa Times Coach of the Year. He has also received De La Salle Coach of the Year honors in 2004 and 2009.

Halvorson graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree from San Francisco State University with a Social Science emphasis, and received a California Single Subject Teaching Credential from Chapman University.