El Camino College#Athletics

Total Students: 24,349{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcamino.edu/about/depts/ir/docs/research/factbook/FactsandFigures2017ECC.pdf|title=ECC Facts and Figures}}

The college hosts one radio station, KECC. The first time KECC was actually on the air experimentally was Career Day, April 27, 1994. The operation lasted only four hours, from 9 am to 1 pm. On November 11, 1994, KECC signed on the air for the first time as a regularly scheduled carrier current broadcast station. At that time, the frequency used was 1620 kHz. In the fall of 2000 KECC changed frequency from 1200 kHz to 1500 kHz.

Built in 1958, Murdock Stadium hosts some of the schools athletic programs.

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The college campus has been used as a filming location since at least the 1970s. Visitors to the IBM pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York City saw an Eames film that featured El Camino coach Kenneth Swearingen and the school football team.{{cite news|author= Kresal, Steve|title=Swearingen's Retirement From Saddleback Is Straight, Simple|work=Los Angeles Times|date= November 22, 1994}} Among other films shot in part at the college are:

• All American
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 remake)
• Crime After Crime
• The Circle
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Longest Yard (2005 remake)
• Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 513{{cite web |title=El Camino College – Visiting (513) – Huell Howser Archives at Chapman University |date=November 8, 2017 |url=https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2017/11/08/el-camino-college-visiting-513/}}

El Camino College has a 2,000-seat auditorium, a 350-seat campus theatre, and the 190-seat Robert Hagg Recital Hall.{{cite web|title=Center for the Arts|url=http://www.elcamino.edu/centerforthearts/|website=www.elcamino.edu|access-date=July 15, 2017}} The Marsee Auditorium is the venue for the South Bay Ballet's annual production of The Nutcracker,{{cite web|url=http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/mainstage.html |title=Main Stage Performances 2014-2015 Season |publisher=Elcamino.edu |access-date=July 15, 2017}} and is known for showcasing dance and opera companies, traveling artists, and other Broadway, film and television veterans, such as Shirley Jones{{cite web |url=http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/ARCHIVES/fall2004/mainstage_f04.html |title=Main Stage Performances, 2004–2005 Season | website=www.elcamino.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922045618/http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/ARCHIVES/fall2004/mainstage_f04.html |archive-date=September 22, 2006 |access-date=July 15, 2017}} and Gregory Hines.{{cite web |url=http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/ARCHIVES/FALL2002/special_f02.html |title=Special Concerts Fall 2002 Season |website=www.elcamino.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922045600/http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/centerforarts/ARCHIVES/FALL2002/special_f02.html |archive-date=September 22, 2006 |access-date=July 15, 2017 }} The Marsee Auditorium as well as the other on-campus venues also host El Camino College resident performers.

The Schauerman Library serves as the research center of the college. The library houses the El Camino College archives.

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• Mary Akor, long-distance runner
• Chet Baker, musician (did not graduate){{cite web|author=Biography by William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chet-baker-mn0000094210/biography |title=Chet Baker | Biography & History |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
• David Benoit, musician{{cite web |url=http://www.elcamino.edu/foundation/alumni.asp|title=Alumni|publisher=El Camino College |access-date=April 7, 2017}}
• Lewis John Carlino, screenwriter, playwright, and director
• Antonio Chatman, professional football player{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHATMANT01 |title=Antonio Chatman |publisher=databaseFootball.com |access-date=October 19, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017071408/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CHATMANT01 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }}
• Fred Claire, general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Robert Cornegy, New York City councilmember
• Rudy de Leon, US Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Derrick Deese, professional football player and Fox Sports Radio host
• Bo Derek, actress
• Fred Dryer, actor, producer, and professional football player
• Don Dulay, professional basketball player
• Keith Erickson, professional basketball player
• Jason Farol, singer
• Michael Fincke, NASA astronaut
• George Foster, professional baseball player
• Lynette Fromme, member of the Manson family (didn't graduate)
• Donte Gamble, professional football player
• Denny Hocking, professional baseball player
• Flo Hyman, Olympic volleyball player{{cite web |url=http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/FloHyman.aspx |title=California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office > Newsroom > Notable Alumni > Flo Hyman |publisher=Californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu |access-date=July 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819043759/http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Newsroom/NotableAlumni/FloHyman.aspx |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
• Alan Jardine, The Beach Boys co-founder{{cite web|url= http://eccunion.com/features/2012/04/26/the-beach-boys-after-two-decades-the-band-reunites-for-their-global-celebration-tour/|title=The Beach Boys- After two decades the band reunites for their global 'Celebration' tour |publisher= The Union: El Camino College|author= Roy Moore |date= April 26, 2012}}
• Suge Knight, CEO and founder of Death Row Records{{cite web |url=http://eccunion.com/features/2012/03/07/where-are-they-now/|title=Where are they now?|publisher=The Union: El Camino College |date=March 7, 2012}}
• Frederico Lapenda, movie producer, MMA promoter
• Clara Lee, actress
• Dennis Mangers, California assemblyman
• Saladin McCullough, professional football player
• Kris Medlen, professional baseball player (attended but finished at Santa Ana College){{cite web|url=http://www.cccbca.com/archiveStats/2005/SOUTH_COAST/SCROST.pdf |title=California Community College Baseball Coaches Association |publisher=Cccbca.com |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
• Cliff Meidl, Olympic kayaker
• Chris Montez, singer (did not graduate)
• Chris Mortensen, sports journalist
• Therese Murray, president of the Massachusetts Senate
• George Nakano, California assemblyman{{cite web|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/state/vote/nakano_g/bio.html |title=Full Biography for George Nakano |publisher=Smartvoter.org |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
• Carol Neblett, operatic soprano
• David Pack, singer and musician
• Park Jun-gyu, actor
• Ras Kass, rapper (did not graduate)
• Jamize Olawale, professional football player
• John Ramsey, public address announcer for several L.A. professional sports teams
• Marcel Reece, professional football player
• Gerard Robinson, American education reformer
• Tamir Saban, professional basketball player
• Niu Sale, professional football player
• Nathan Salmon, professor (graduated under the name "Nathan Salmon Ucuzoglu")
• Lauren Sánchez, Emmy Award-nominated American news anchor
• Steve Sarkisian, professional football player and coach (attended but finished at BYU)[https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/10/07/sarkisian-is-airing-it-out-and-quieting-his-critics-at-byu-florida-states-defense-takes-up-the-slack The Sky's The Limit for BYU quarterback Steve Sarkisian]
• Ken Swearingen, college football player and coach{{cite news |author= |title=Ken Swearingen New Warrior Grid Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/gardena-valley-news-and-gardena-tribune/146366264/ |newspaper=Gardena Valley News and Imperial-Hollypark News |location=Gardena, California |date=December 3, 1961 |page=8 |access-date=April 30, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
• Kenbrell Thompkins, professional football player
• Douglas Trumbull, filmmaker
• Verran Tucker, professional football player
• Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys co-founder (did not graduate)
• William Allen Young, actor

• John DeMita, theater professor
• Fitzhugh Dodson, psychology professor from 1959
• George Gerbner, communications professor from 1952 to 1956
• Kim Krizan, English professor
• Julius Sumner Miller, physics professor from 1953 to 1970
• Al Muratsuchi, political science professor
• April Ross, beach volleyball coach
• Ambrose Schindler, American football coach

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