{"id":122453,"date":"2026-01-06T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122453\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:42:09","slug":"hall-of-fame-spotlight-andy-sythe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122453\/","title":{"rendered":"Hall Of Fame Spotlight: Andy Sythe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2013 Our spotlights continue in advance of the 2026 induction class for the Long Beach State Athletics Hall of Fame as we take a look at legendary coach Andy Sythe.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJoining the Hall of Fame as a coach will be the freshly retired Andy Sythe, after 35 years at the helm of Long Beach State Track &amp; Field. Over his tenure, he was named Big West Track and Field Coach of the Year 11 times, guided the program to eight Big West Men&#8217;s Track and Field Championships and three Women&#8217;s Championships, and coached his student-athletes to 77 All-America honors, 32 conference Athlete of the Year awards, and 24 Track or Field Athlete of the Year accolades. In 2024, his teams achieved a historic milestone by sweeping the MPSF Indoor Championships. Additionally, his drive and leadership completed a full renovation of Jack Rose Track, which under his design became a world-class venue recognized with World Athletics certification.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJoin us for a memorable evening on Wednesday, January 21 as we induct the 2026 Hall of Fame Class. The ceremony will be held at the Long Beach Airport Marriott beginning at 6 p.m. Purchase your tickets at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.longbeachstate.com\/HOFtickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.longbeachstate.com\/HOFtickets<\/a> or contact Assistant Director of Special Events <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/news\/2026\/1\/6\/mailto:Jace.Pardon@csulb.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jace Pardon<\/a> for more information.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2013 Our spotlights continue in advance of the 2026 induction class for the Long Beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-122453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}