are represented by the Associated Student Body. Notable staff and alumni Scott Baker, Major League Baseball player Al Baldock, football coach at Taft College from 1976-1991 Don Bandy, football player for the Washington Redskins and professor at Taft College for 33 years Ronald Bryan "Ron" Coomer, nicknamed "Coom Dawg", former first baseman and third baseman in Major League Baseball and the current color analyst and play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs on WSCR 670 AM Miguel Ibarra, soccer player for the Minnesota Stars and recently called up by the USMNT George Kersh, world class 800 meters runner, Goodwill Games champion and national Community College record holder Homer Baird Kidwell, class of 1930, justice of the State Supreme Court of Hawaii Mike Perez, former NFL player Jason Phillips, former NFL player Brandon Rock, Olympic 800 meters runner. Tracy Rogers, former NFL player Dante Scarnecchia, former NFL assistant coach Notes See also Taft Union High School Taft City School District - Elementary and junior high schools References External links Official website Universities and colleges in Kern County, California Educational institutions established in 1922 Schools accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges California Community Colleges 1922 establishments in California