Brett Honeycutt has been involved in the sport for nearly 40 years in a variety of roles: as an athlete (college and high school), coach (public and private school), reporter (daily newspaper and online running sites), meet director (large invitationals and weekday meets), researcher (compiling all-time North Carolina track and cross country lists, state cross country and track championships, large invitationals, significant events in state history to the early 1900s, as well as other projects), and as a promoter of the sport in various ways, including holding various statewide offices and founding the North Carolina High School Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame. 

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COACHING:

(at Metrolina Christian, Indian Trail, 2009-present)

After taking over the boys and girls cross country teams at Metrolina Christian in the fall of 2009, and starting the track program in the spring of 2010, had almost immediate success by taking a program from last to first in three years, as well as having equal and immediate success in track.

He credits the support from school administration, athletic department, teachers, and a group of knowledgeable assistant coaches for the sustained success.

34 conference team titles (cross country and track)

8 boys cross country team titles (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023), 4 runner-up (2010, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

9 girls cross country team titles

10 boys track team titles (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023); 1 runner-up (2013)

7 girls track team titles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

4 girls track team runner-up (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

      12 individual state champions

      56 all-state honors (30 boys, 26 girls)

      170 individual and relay conference track champions (89 boys, 81 girls)

      105 all-conference cross country runners (58 boys, 47 girls)

      NCISAA Cross Country Coach of the Year, 2020

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(at Northside Christian, Charlotte, 1993, 1994, 1998)

      Distance coach in track (800, 1600, 3200, 4x400 and 4x800 relays) to longtime head coach, John Brooks

      Coached athletes to school records in the boys’ 3,200 and boys’ 4x800 relay, 1998, breaking a 16-year-old record in the 3,200

 

(at Myers Park, Charlotte, 1994-1995)

      Head distance coach in indoor and outdoor track and assistant cross country coach to longtime head coach, Richard Prince

      Coached girls to a school record in the 4x800 relay, breaking a 14-year-old record

 

      Accreditations/Certifications: National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) Level 1, 2 & 3; USA Track & Field Level 1; USTFCCCA Track & Field Technical Certification; American Sports and Fitness Assoc.
      Memberships: USATF; USTFCCCA; NFHS Coaches Association; NCISAATFCCCA; NCTCCCA; NHSCA

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MEET DIRECTOR/MEET MANAGEMENT:

      Began Hare & Hounds Invitational at McAlpine Park in 2011, and the meet has grown to become the state’s largest cross country meet.

      Hare & Hounds XC Inv (2011-present; also founder)

      Carolinas Kickoff XC Inv (2016-present; also founder)

      NCISAA XC State Championships (2015, 2019, 2020)
      Union Co. XC Championships (2017-2019, 2021, 2023)
      MAC XC Championships (2011-present)

      MAC Track & Field Championships (2012-present)

      Christmas is Near T&F Inv (2022-present)

      Spring into the Season T&F Kickoff (2022-present)

      Weekday XC & track meets

      As assistant XC & track coach at Myers Park HS (1994-95), helped with large cross country invitationals, including Wendy's Invitational, NCHSAA regional and NCHSAA state meets (1A, 2A, 3A and 4A) and Foot Locker South Regional, as well as large track meets, including the Queen City Relays (track), NCHSAA 4A West Regional (track and cross country) and NCHSAA 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A state cross country meets.

 

OFFICES:

      NCISAA Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association Secretary (2016-present)

      Metrolina Athletic Conference XC/Track & Field Chair (2011-present)

      North Carolina High School Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame Founder (2018)

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MEDIA:
      Track & Field Writers of America (TAFWA)
      Federation of American Statisticians of Track (FAST)
      Association of Track and Field Statisticians (ATFS)
      NCPrepTrack.com researcher (1998-present)

      The Charlotte Observer (free-lance, 1992-1998; staff, 1998-2008, and periodically from 2008 until current); wrote extensively about cross country and track, covering conference, regional and state championships, as well as NCAA Track & Field Championships

      Other local and national newspapers: bylines covering running in the Washington Post; (Raleigh) News & Observer; Durham Herald, and various other newspapers

      Online websites: DyeStat (Regional Editor, 2007; other bylines in the 2000s); NCRunners/MileSplit

 

RESEARCHER:

      Researched and compiled various lists for North Carolina high school cross country and track & field, including all-time lists for each track event, as well as for well-known North Carolina cross country courses (McAlpine Park, Hagan Stone Park), and conference cross country champions lists for Charlotte and Raleigh-area conferences.

      Researched NCHSAA and NCISAA cross country and track and field state meets and and NCCSA cross country state meet, Foot Locker South, as well as long-standing North Carolina high school meets (Queen City Relays, Duke Invitational, Duke-Durham Relays, Metrolina/Dick Williams Relays/Invitational, Civitan Relays, Times-News Invitational, WHKP Relays, WNC Carnival). Also, unearthed state champions from the North Carolina High School Athletic Conference (for African-American schools), and early 20th century track and cross country results in North Carolina, including the Winter Indoor Track Classic for high schools (1922-1986) and the first state cross country championships (1926-1934), and other projects.

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AS AN ATHLETE (COLLEGE):

      Ran cross country and track at Liberty University, 1988-1992

      Graduated as school record holder in indoor and outdoor 4x800-meter relays

      Graduated ranked top-10 in school history in 5 events:

indoor 800 meters; outdoor 800 meters; indoor 4x800-meter relay; outdoor 4x800-meter relay; indoor Distance Medley Relay

      5 honors

All-Big South, cross country (1991)

All-Mason Dixon Conference, indoor track (1990, first-place, 2-mile relay)

All-Mason Dixon Conference, outdoor track (1990, third-place, 800 meters)

All-Virginia Intercollegiate, indoor track (1990, runner-up, 2-mile relay)

All-Virginia Intercollegiate, indoor track (1990, Distance Medley Relay)

      4 team championships, 2 runner-ups:

Cross Country: Big South Conference championship team (1991); IC4A runner-up (1991), Mason-Dixon Conference championship team (1989); Mason-Dixon Conference runner-up (1988)

Track: Mason-Dixon Conference championship teams (1989, 1990)

      Co-Captain of cross country team (1991)

 

AS AN ATHLETE (HIGH SCHOOL):

      Inducted into Northside Christian Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame, 2013

      Graduated ranked all-time, top-5 in school history in 4 events:

      No. 5 in cross country (5K); No. 3 all-time, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1,600 meters.

      The cross country performance was still top-10 (No. 8) all-time, and the 400, 800 and 1,600-meter performances were still top-5 all-time as of winter of 2024.
      Won 1600 meters and 800 meters at the 1988 Asheville School Track & Field Invitational

      Finished top-15 at the 1987 Greensboro Cross Country Invitational