8 State Championships
23 Runner-Up finishes at state championships
39 Conference Championships
Coached 64 individuals to state titles
NCISAA TFCCCA 2016 XC Coach of the Year
Has had consistent and prolonged success over more than 20-year span

 

8 State Team titles 
3 Boys cross country, 2015, 2016, 2024
4 Girls cross country, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016 
1 Girls track & field, 2012 
 

23 State Runners-up
13 Boys Cross Country - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2022
5 Girls Cross Country - 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
1 Boys Indoor Track & Field - 2024
1 Boys Track & Field - 2016
3 Girls Track & Field - 2015, 2016, 2017

 

39 Conference Championships
13 Boys Cross Country (TISAC) - 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
9 Girls Cross Country (TISAC) - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
2 Boys Indoor Track & Field (TISITC) - 2023, 2024
2 Girls Indoor Track & Field (TISITC) - 2023, 2024
6 Boys Track & Field (TISAC) - 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
7 Girls Track & Field (TISAC) - 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
 
Coached 64 individuals to state titles 
Coached 26 individual boys to state titles in track & field
Coached 28 individual girls to state titles in track & field
Coached 7 individual boys’ champions in cross country
Coached 3 individual girls’ champions in cross country
 
Founded the TISITC (Triangle Independent Schools Indoor Track Conference)
 
Coached two of the top-10 NC All-Time cross country runners, Kavi Gibson (14:42) NC #3 All-Time and Thomas Graham (14:52) NC #10 All-Time (Mt. Tabor is the only other school with two runners on North Carolina’s All-Time Top-10 rankings: Ian Milder (NC #7 / 14:49), coached by Patrick Cromwell, and Matt DeBole (NC #9 / 14:49.2), coached by Hall of Fame coach Mike Esposito).

Collaborating with many others, spearheaded the initiative to bring Indoor Track & Field to the NCISAA, leading to formal recognition of Indoor Track & Field by the NCISAA; served as founding meet director of the NC Independent Schools Indoor Track & Field state championship meet.

Continues to provide opportunities for student-athletes in the Cary/Durham/Chapel Hill area, as well as all of North Carolina, during the indoor and outdoor seasons, hosting meets and starting the Cary Invitational for outdoor track as well as an area Polar Bear Championship meet for the private schools in the Triangle area.

President, NCISAA Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, 2019-present

Vice-President, NCISAA Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, 2016-2018
 
AS AN ATHLETE AT DURHAM ACADEMY
Inducted into Durham Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame, 2017
5-time NCISAA state champion
1988 NCISAA All-Class state cross country champion
Swept 1600-meter and 3200-meter state titles at 1988 and 1989 NCISAA All-Class State Championships
2-time Durham City-County Champion
Helped Durham Academy to 7 state titles (3 in cross country and 4 in track and field)

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IN COLLEGE AT DUKE

4-year letterman (1990-1994) and captain of the track and cross country teams