Mike Fitzgerald

A two-sport all-league athlete in high school at San Marcos, Mike Fitzgerald went on to win an NCAA National Championship as a volleyball player and another as a coach at Pepperdine University before realizing a professional playing career on the beach.

Fitzgerald looks back on the 1985 national championship at Pepperdine fondly.  He captained the team to the title after the Waves finished runner-up in 1983 and 1984.  He was there with the Waves for their most successful four-year period in program history, making the NCAA Final four years straight.  Fitzgerald stuck around after the 1985 title and helped coach the Waves to a back-to-back NCAA title in 1986.  Fitzgerald’s coaching career included a brief stint as head coach at Cal Poly.

Fitzgerald’s successful athletic career has already placed him in the San Marcos Royals Hall of Fame and Pepperdine Hall of Fame.  Additionally, both he 1985 and 1986 teams are in the Pepperdine Hall of Fame.

Fitzgerald played professionally for seven years on the AVP Tour and Bud Light 4-Man Tour.  He also traveled internationally to compete, winning a pair of tournaments in Chile.

A stand-out athlete at San Marcos in both basketball and volleyball, Fitzgerald could have played either sport in college.  He remains the Royals’ single-season record holder in basketball for assists.

Fitzgerald returned to the Santa Barbara area and started his own business, Harbor View Real Estate & Investments.  He enjoys traveling with his wife Michelle, daughter Ellery, 12, and son Troy, 9.  Outside of work, Mike’s hobbies are fishing, surfing, skiing, coaching youth sports, and vacationing with the family.