Track/Cross Country Coaching Experience
Team RunRun, Remote job based from Pittsburgh, PA April 2019-Present
Private Online Running Coach
Duties: Recruit new clients and provide personalized training plans and guidance to adult distance runners through an online platform. Training plans include both running and strength training plans. Currently working with three adult clients including two men training for marathons and a female training to improve her running in obstacle races. Currently accepting new clients: If you're interested in coaching, check out my page at www.teamrunrun.com/mnrunner89
Hightlights:
Private Online Running Coach
Duties: Recruit new clients and provide personalized training plans and guidance to adult distance runners through an online platform. Training plans include both running and strength training plans. Currently working with three adult clients including two men training for marathons and a female training to improve her running in obstacle races. Currently accepting new clients: If you're interested in coaching, check out my page at www.teamrunrun.com/mnrunner89
Hightlights:
- Coached male to 43 sec personal best in the mile
Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH July 2018-May 2019
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men's & Women's Cross Country/Track
Duties: Served in the capacity of head cross country and head distance track coach managing all aspects of training (both running and strength training) and recruiting distance runners; assisted with coaching pole vault during track season; managed team promotions and social media; scheduled cross country competitions; scheduled recruiting visits; tutored students in English writing.
Highlights:
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men's & Women's Cross Country/Track
Duties: Served in the capacity of head cross country and head distance track coach managing all aspects of training (both running and strength training) and recruiting distance runners; assisted with coaching pole vault during track season; managed team promotions and social media; scheduled cross country competitions; scheduled recruiting visits; tutored students in English writing.
Highlights:
- Assisted in coaching female pole-vaulter to new indoor and outdoor school records
- Organized two visit days and recruited 55 prospective student-athletes to attend - the largest in school history
- Coached all distance runners to personal best times and their highest conference finishes individually
- Coached cross country runner who won award for having the highest GPA in the athletic department for men
- Women’s track team recorded highest point total in school history at indoor conference meet
Grove City College, Grove City, PA September 2016-May 2018
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men's & Women's Cross Country/Track
Duties: Responsible for all aspects of coaching middle and long distance runners as their head event coach for track; serve as distance team's strength coach by writing year a round strength training program for them and supervising it in-season for cross country and track; coordinate team's recruiting efforts for cross country and track and serve as the lead recruiter for track & field; implemented and manage team social media accounts; assist head coaches with running the team.
Highlights:
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men's & Women's Cross Country/Track
Duties: Responsible for all aspects of coaching middle and long distance runners as their head event coach for track; serve as distance team's strength coach by writing year a round strength training program for them and supervising it in-season for cross country and track; coordinate team's recruiting efforts for cross country and track and serve as the lead recruiter for track & field; implemented and manage team social media accounts; assist head coaches with running the team.
Highlights:
- Guided male cross country athlete to individual conference title and 57th place at NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships, earning the President’s Athletic Conference Male Runner of the Year award for 2016
- Coached nine cross country athletes to All-PAC Conference awards (four 1st team, one 2nd team, & four honorable mention) and two to All-Mideast Region honors (one male and one female)
- Both men’s and women’s cross country teams finished runner-up at the President’s Athletic Conference championships
- Coached distance & mid-distance athletes to eight track All-PAC Conference awards (five 1st team, one 2nd team, two honorable mention) with conference champions in men’s indoor & outdoor 5k, 10k, steeplechase, & women’s 3k which was a meet record
- Coached men’s distance & mid-distance athletes to four indoor school records (400, 3k, 5k, & DMR) and one outdoors (10k)
- Qualified 4 men’s entries outdoors (400, 3k steeple, 5k, 10k) & 1 indoors (400) to ECAC’s in distance/mid-distance events including an ECAC Champion in the Steeplechase
- Coached male athlete who won the PAC Outdoor Track Athlete MVP award as well as GCC’s Sportsman of the Year award
- Nearly doubled size of incoming freshmen recruiting class for track from 23 in 2016 to 53 for 2017
University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY September 2015- June 2016
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men’s & Women’s Cross Country/Track
Duties: Responsible for all aspects of coaching middle and long distance runners as their head event coach; wrote & implemented strength training workouts for all runners and jumpers/vaulters, served as team recruiting coordinator and lead recruiter, supervised work study students, and managed team social media accounts and all written team communications.
Highlights:
Full-Time Assistant Coach, Men’s & Women’s Cross Country/Track
Duties: Responsible for all aspects of coaching middle and long distance runners as their head event coach; wrote & implemented strength training workouts for all runners and jumpers/vaulters, served as team recruiting coordinator and lead recruiter, supervised work study students, and managed team social media accounts and all written team communications.
Highlights:
- Qualified two athletes to NAIA Nationals for cross country, one for indoor track in two events, and two for outdoor track
- Coached distance/mid-distance athletes to nine All-Conference awards and one conference champion between XC and track
- Served as strength coach for six All-Conference athletes & four conference champions in seven sprints/jumps events in track
- Guided female athlete in the 800 to 7th place & All-American indoors & 9th place outdoors at NAIA National Championships
- Coached a female athlete to NAIA All-Great Lakes Region honors in the 600 & 800 indoors & 800 outdoors
- Worked with athletes who set school records in the men’s 5k racewalk and women’s 60 m, 60 m. hurdles, and 100 m hurdles
Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL August 2013-2015
Graduate Assistant Coach, Men’s & Women’s Cross Country/Track
Duties: Primarily coached distance runners and occasionally helped with sprints during track season; assisted head cross country coach with writing workouts; responsible for writing and facilitating all strength training during cross country season; actively involved with recruiting by visiting schools, attending meets, and communicating with recruits via email, text, and phone and recording notes in Front Rush; helped manage team study table; organized team fundraising events; drove team vans; managed team social media accounts; ran with athletes to help with pacing; responsible for planning and purchasing team breakfasts for meet days; served as an adviser for Student Athlete Advisory Committee & new Female Student-Athlete Leadership Initiatives group; served in hiring committee for a search for a women's soccer coach.
Highlights:
Graduate Assistant Coach, Men’s & Women’s Cross Country/Track
Duties: Primarily coached distance runners and occasionally helped with sprints during track season; assisted head cross country coach with writing workouts; responsible for writing and facilitating all strength training during cross country season; actively involved with recruiting by visiting schools, attending meets, and communicating with recruits via email, text, and phone and recording notes in Front Rush; helped manage team study table; organized team fundraising events; drove team vans; managed team social media accounts; ran with athletes to help with pacing; responsible for planning and purchasing team breakfasts for meet days; served as an adviser for Student Athlete Advisory Committee & new Female Student-Athlete Leadership Initiatives group; served in hiring committee for a search for a women's soccer coach.
Highlights:
- Helped coach Concordia's first ever All-Midwest Region runner in Fall 2013
- Women's school record for 6k in for cross country was reset multiple times in Fall 2013 by two different women
- Helped guide distance runners to 14 All-Conference Awards (eight 1st team, four 2nd team) between XC and track
- Track team set 16 school records in 2014 season, seven during the 2015 indoor season, and five so far during the 2015 outdoor season
- Helped guide middle distance male to two 400 meter conference titles and team to 4x400 title
- Recruited freshman who has set three indoor and four outdoor school records and is ranked #18 in DIII for the 200 m. right now
Southwest Christian High School, Chaska, MN Spring 2013
Assistant Coach, Boys’ and Girls’ Track & Field
Duties: Worked with all athletes, but took over as the sprints coach after first month; responsible for writing and facilitating all strength training workouts; ran with athletes on occasion
Highlights:
Assistant Coach, Boys’ and Girls’ Track & Field
Duties: Worked with all athletes, but took over as the sprints coach after first month; responsible for writing and facilitating all strength training workouts; ran with athletes on occasion
Highlights:
- Girls team won conference titles in seven events with nine top three finishers for All-Conference and everyone scoring
- Boys team had seven top three finishes for All-Conference at the MCAA Conference Meet and all but one scored
- Five of eight girls and six of the ten boys competing earned All-Conference honors (most in school history for both)
- Guided an athlete to MCAA Conference Female Track Athlete of the Year award for 2013
- Girls’ team recorded school’s highest ever finish at conference, boys’ tied the school’s best finish
- 13 school records were set in the 2013 season (seven girls’, six boys’)
- All but two athletes set personal bests during the 2013 season
St. Paul Academy & Summit School, St. Paul, MN Fall 2012 Assistant Coach, Boys’ & Girls’ Cross Country
Duties: Ran with the team during practice to help pace and coach athletes; introduced training journals and race planning sheets to the team; coached at all meets including an overnight trip; assisted with strength training; worked with athletes in grades 6-12
Highlights:
Duties: Ran with the team during practice to help pace and coach athletes; introduced training journals and race planning sheets to the team; coached at all meets including an overnight trip; assisted with strength training; worked with athletes in grades 6-12
Highlights:
- Advanced three runners to MSHSL Class A State Championships with two earning All-State honors (girl 12th, boy 15th)
- Placed three athletes in top 10 at Section 4A (boys’ champion, girls 2nd & 10th)
- Girls team finished 4th out of 15 teams at Section 4A, boys 8th out of 17 with only six runners on the varsity team
- Guided four girls & two boys to All-Conference honors in the Tri-Metro Conference
Track & Field Camps at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
University of Minnesota Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative Housing Track and Field Camp Summer 2010
Gopher Track and Field Camp, University of Minnesota July 2008-2009
University of Minnesota Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative Housing Track and Field Camp Summer 2010
- Planned and coached a track camp for a diverse group of youth aged 5-10 that doubled in size by end of camp from kid's telling their friends to come
Gopher Track and Field Camp, University of Minnesota July 2008-2009
- Assisted head coach with leading some sessions with the distance runners in grades 7-12
Other Coaching Experience
Hyland Ski & Snowboard Area, Bloomington, MN 2013-present Alpine Ski Instructor & Jr Race Coach
- Taught kids group lessons, college ski class, school groups, & private lessons to ages 3-adult including several requested privates in 2012/2013; mostly private lessons and some kids group lessons over winter break 2013/2014; and private lessons over winter break 2014-2015
- Taught several requested private lessons by end of first season
- Completed Hyland Snowsports Academy’s in-house certification program equivalent to PSIA Level 1 ("The Hyland Way")
- Coached a team of 13 seven year old boys in advanced skiing and slalom and giant slalom racing techniques in 2012/2013
- Produced 1st & 4th place finishers in 7 yr old boys age group at the Sunday D-Team Alpine Ski Championships in 2012/2013
- 7 year old boys’ team scored most points out of all Hyland teams at the Sunday D-Team Championships in 2012/2013
Minnetonka Middle School East, Minnetonka, MN Winter 2013 Assistant Nordic Ski Coach
- Skied with kids and taught both classic and skate ski techniques, supervised field trips, helped at meets, and led indoor conditioning and games on days that were too cold to ski outside, worked with students in grades 6-8.
The Edge Sports Training Center, Bloomington, MN Summer 2011 Intern
- Job shadowed staff and assisted youth hockey players ages 8-18 in proper strength training techniques
City of Bloomington, MN Parks & Recreation Department Summer 2008-2010
Youth Sports Camp Instructor
Adult Adapted Softball Instructor Summer 2010
Youth Sports Camp Instructor
- Developed lesson plans and led classes for Summer Spectrum teaching various sports to diverse groups of children, including many with special needs, in grades K-9 including Soccer, Inline Skating, Baseball, Mountain Biking, Gym and Yard Games, Fit-Kid-Fun 3: Sports Performance, Summer Olympics, Skateboarding/Aggressive Inline, & Sports Sampler
- Designed curriculum and implemented new class, Fit Kid Fun 3: Sports Performance
- Led kids on field trips and drove a 12 passenger van
Adult Adapted Softball Instructor Summer 2010
- Assisted adults aged 18+ with physical and mental disabilities in playing slow-pitch softball
Related Experience
USA Track and Field Minnesota Association Board Member 2010-2016
Communications Chair & Media Specialist
USA Track & Field Association Level Certified Track and Field Official 2008-2016
Events worked include:
USA 10 Mile/Masters/Open Marathon Championships, Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, MSHSL State Track & Field Championships, USATF MN Junior Olympic Association cross country & track meets, USATF Region 7 Junior Olympic Track & Field Meet, MSHSL Class AA section cross country and track meets, Lake and South Suburban Conference track meets, Eden Prairie JV track meets, USATF Minnesota All-comers meets, University of Minnesota indoor track meets, Concordia University Chicago home track meets, Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Track & Field Championships
Roy Griak Cross Country Invitational, University of Minnesota 2012-2016
Social Media Specialist
Minnesota Coach of the Year Selection Committee Fall 2013-Present
Lead Statistician
Breathe Easy 5k for Cystic Fibrosis hosted by SAAC, University of Minnesota Fall 2011
Race Director
Kerfoot Canopy Tours, Henderson, MN Summer 2013
Sky Guide
Kenny Community School, Minneapolis, MN Fall 2012
Student Teacher
Burroughs Elementary, Lake Harriet Elementary Lower & Upper Campuses, Minneapolis, Minnesota January-April 2012 Volunteer Assistant
Life Time Athletic Club, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Summer 2011
Summer Camp Counselor
Anne Sullivan Communication Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota September-December 2010
Volunteer Assistant
City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota Parks and Recreation Department May-July 2008
USSSA Certified Umpire
Communications Chair & Media Specialist
- Implemented social media program resulting in all-time high membership each of the past three years
- Responsible for promoting USATF events through the use of social media campaigns, creating custom cover photos, taking photos at events, engaging members, and making a promotional video for our summer track series
- Involved with management of USATF Minnesota as an active board member
- Responsible for selecting the Athlete of the Month as part of the "Athlete of the Month" committee
- Member of the "Competition Committee" which plans track events including reviving our summer all-comers series into a successful series of summer meets
USA Track & Field Association Level Certified Track and Field Official 2008-2016
- Recruited and managed a team of 15-20 college students to officiate and assist at Lake/South Suburban Conference and Section 1AA high school track meets in Minnesota from spring 2009-2012
- Experienced in all aspects of organizing and officiating track and field events
Events worked include:
USA 10 Mile/Masters/Open Marathon Championships, Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, MSHSL State Track & Field Championships, USATF MN Junior Olympic Association cross country & track meets, USATF Region 7 Junior Olympic Track & Field Meet, MSHSL Class AA section cross country and track meets, Lake and South Suburban Conference track meets, Eden Prairie JV track meets, USATF Minnesota All-comers meets, University of Minnesota indoor track meets, Concordia University Chicago home track meets, Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Track & Field Championships
Roy Griak Cross Country Invitational, University of Minnesota 2012-2016
Social Media Specialist
- Assist with the marketing of one of the largest cross country meets in the US through the use of Facebook marketing campaigns
Minnesota Coach of the Year Selection Committee Fall 2013-Present
Lead Statistician
- Collect and analyze stats on the top high school teams in Minnesota and use the data to select a USTFCCCA Coach of the Year Award for boys and girls cross country and track and field teams in Minnesota
Breathe Easy 5k for Cystic Fibrosis hosted by SAAC, University of Minnesota Fall 2011
Race Director
- Responsible for all aspects of organizing & running this event
- Expanded event including new addition of more sponsors, a live band, cheerleaders, sign making, special shirts for Cystic Fibrosis survivors, more prizes, food, and a timing system
- Raised $1,500 for Cystic Fibrosis research and oversaw organization of three fundraisers that raised ~$800 to cover costs
- Click here to see photos from the event!
Kerfoot Canopy Tours, Henderson, MN Summer 2013
Sky Guide
- Guide groups of 2-10 guests on a 2.5 hr zip-line tour while sharing knowledge about the area
- Completed CDI Zip Line Guide training
- Promoted Kerfoot at Henderson Classic Car Roll-in events throughout the summer
Kenny Community School, Minneapolis, MN Fall 2012
Student Teacher
- Student taught physical education classes to children in grades 1-5 in a diverse setting for 6 weeks
- Responsible for planning and leading lessons for soccer, frisbee, and track and field units
- Volunteered and school festival
Burroughs Elementary, Lake Harriet Elementary Lower & Upper Campuses, Minneapolis, Minnesota January-April 2012 Volunteer Assistant
- Job shadowed and assisted a developmental adapted physical education teacher with students in grades 1-6 in mainstream and pull-out classes for 40 hrs
Life Time Athletic Club, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Summer 2011
Summer Camp Counselor
- Led a group of up to 30 children aged 4-12 through games, crafts, swimming, warm-ups, fitness classes, and field trips
Anne Sullivan Communication Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota September-December 2010
Volunteer Assistant
- Job shadowed and assisted a physical education teacher with pre-school through eighth grade classes for 120 hrs
- Managed conflicts in a diverse setting with students from challenging backgrounds, some deaf or hearing impaired
City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota Parks and Recreation Department May-July 2008
USSSA Certified Umpire
- Officiated D-league adult co-rec slow-pitch softball following USSSA rules
- Made quick decisions as the person in charge of the games, resolved conflicts, enforced city and league rules, and reported scores weekly
Certifications & Skills
- USATF Level 2 Coaching Certificate- Endurance Events
- USATF Level 1 Coaching Certificate
- USATF Association Level Certified Track and Field Official
- Passed NCAA DII, DIII, and Play NAIA Rules/Recruiting Tests
- American Red Cross Certified- First-Aid and CPR-AED for Professional Rescuers & Health Professionals
- Completed MSHSL Concussion Training for Lower-Level Officials & Coaches Continuing Education Requirements
- Completed Bystander Intervention Training, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Completed Large Passenger Van Training Course, Fleet Defense- alertdriving
- Conversational level Spanish language
- Certified to rock climb & belay both top-rope and lead
- Snowmobile Endorsement on driver’s license
- Completed Zip Line Instructor Guide Training by Challenge Design Interventions
- Hyland SnowSports Academy Certified Ski Instructor
- Previously American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard (expired June 5, 2014)
Conference Attendance
- Participant in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Conference at NCAA National office in Indianapolis, IN Winter 2015
- Attended Alliance of Women Coaches Huddle Conference in Rosemount, IL Summer 2014
- Attended Young Professionals Dinner and Etiquette Dinner through University of Minnesota Athletics Fall 2007 & 2009-2012
- Attended National Strength and Conditioning Association Regional Clinic at University of Minnesota Spring 2008