Best Middle and Long Distance coaches in the NCAA

CU

I believe that John Gondak is an exceptional coach, further, the environment at PSU is amazing for running.

P.S. I hear that sometimes Gondak rocks out to some Katy Perry.

It depends on what you want.

Do you see running as a 4 year experience in college or do you see it as a long term development plan?

following this thread wrote:

CU

assuming you don't actually intend to ever run track and just want to run cross country

Probably not rojo wrote:

Hypothetical Scenario: I'm a senior in high school and run under 4:10 in the mile. What colleges give me the greatest opportunities to reach my athletic potential?

NOP

Coach Ben C. Dover at Anal U. is fantastic. He is somewhat of a tighta$$ when you meet him, but after a little working at him, and little back n forth, he loosens up. :0

wetmore is a fraud wrote:

following this thread wrote:

CU

assuming you don't actually intend to ever run track and just want to run cross country

I'm not sure where you are getting your opinions from. Consistently bashing the CU program on these message boards. Look at the PR's of the Colorado athletes:

Saarel: 3:41, 7:52, 13:48 (frosh) 3rd indoor 3000m

Pearson: 13:38

Theroux: 3:45, 7:54, 13:5x, 8:48 steeple

Murphy: 13:47

Hursyz: 3:40, 7:50, 13:38

Perrin: 3:42 (frosh)

Bosshard: 13:34, 7:50, 6th outdoor 10000m

Aric Van Halen: 7:53, 8:32 3000mS

Not to mention Jenny Simpson just won the Diamond in the 1500m. Emma Coburn AR holder in the 3000m steeplechase.

School Records:

1500 (3:39)

3000m (7:46)

5000m (13:18)

10000m (27:38)

3000mS (8:20s?)

If you want to say that they emphasize XC, yes, that is the case. However, they take indoors lightly and run really well outdoors. They have up and down years, but to say that they cannot run track is just asonine.

I would say a few years ago Vig would have been a common answer to this. He has since been marred by some controversy, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he had a ton of success in the 800-3k range and won a lot of NCAA and Penn Relays titles at Texas, Virginia and now Princeton.

Miltenberg did some great things over at Georgetown and has started getting results at Stanford. Does a great job developing talented American recruits into equally successful college runners. (Infelds, Rosas, Cuffe, Tonn, Atchoo, McGorty and an NCAA team title in XC)

Penn State, Oregon, BYU, Oklahoma, Ok St, Villanova, New Mexico, Iona, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Arkansas and Indiana are consistently strong each year in the range you are looking. Some of that is great coaching and development, some is great recruiting and bringing in athletes that are already performing at a competitive level in the NCAA, and some is a mixture of the two.

A good rule of thumb for a miler/recruit of your level. If the program consistently has teams that qualify for NCAA xc and a DMR at indoor NCAAs, they are probably worth considering. From there you may want to see if the school is the right fit and maybe what the kids on these qualifying teams did before college.

look up PRs in 1500 times in top ten distance schools (I spose thats arbitrary) - divide by ten - get the ave and determine your flavor

justafanofcu wrote:

wetmore is a fraud wrote:

assuming you don't actually intend to ever run track and just want to run cross country

I'm not sure where you are getting your opinions from. Consistently bashing the CU program on these message boards. Look at the PR's of the Colorado athletes:

Saarel: 3:41, 7:52, 13:48 (frosh) 3rd indoor 3000m

Pearson: 13:38

Theroux: 3:45, 7:54, 13:5x, 8:48 steeple

Murphy: 13:47

Hursyz: 3:40, 7:50, 13:38

Perrin: 3:42 (frosh)

Bosshard: 13:34, 7:50, 6th outdoor 10000m

Aric Van Halen: 7:53, 8:32 3000mS

Not to mention Jenny Simpson just won the Diamond in the 1500m. Emma Coburn AR holder in the 3000m steeplechase.

School Records:

1500 (3:39)

3000m (7:46)

5000m (13:18)

10000m (27:38)

3000mS (8:20s?)

If you want to say that they emphasize XC, yes, that is the case. However, they take indoors lightly and run really well outdoors. They have up and down years, but to say that they cannot run track is just asonine.

asinine= tied for 64th= BEST middle/distance program; the BEST mind you

Unless we are talking about the women who were 19th but I didn't realize the hammer was a distance race

Colorado is Penn State west, run some time trials at Stanford or Mt. Sac in April and then disappear in championship season

We talking D1 or what here?

Matt284 wrote:

We talking D1 or what here?

The kid ran under 4:10 as a junior. I think it is safe to say he was talking about D1.

Oregon coaches. Uncle Phil wouldn't allow any loser coaches there.