Apparently there is an investigation. He’ll be back.
If everyone started blaming the coach and investigating him/her for every injury the athlete sustained in training there would be no coaches left in the schools. Insanity! I think most former runners all support this legend. We love you Bill!
Apparently there is an investigation. He’ll be back.
As someone said it’s a witch hunt. He has very strong support however from the community, former athletes and their families and the CNY running community. If anyone is interested there is a go fund me to help Bill with the legal mess thesw few individuals got him into.
My father, Coach Bill Aris, is the legendary, well respected 12 tim… John Aris needs your support for Legal fees to help Coach Aris return to his teams at FM!
Apparently there is an investigation. He’ll be back.
If everyone started blaming the coach and investigating him/her for every injury the athlete sustained in training there would be no coaches left in the schools. Insanity! I think most former runners all support this legend. We love you Bill!
Yes there is a lot of community support for Bill, including current parents, former athletes, coaches who have known Bill for decades and the strong CNY running community. A go fund me for Bill to help the man with this ridiculous legal issue has been quickly gaining momentum.
Yes the HS kids trained INCREDIBLY hard. Like pros. They were all in.
It's not a surprise they didn't improve a ton in college necessarily. But what's wrong with peaking out in HS, winning a natty and getting a college scholarship?
My FM kid told me about 5 years ago, "I realize now I wasn't that talented. I just trained a ton."
I was like, "No. You were talented and trained a ton." He had a beautiful stride.
The issue was he put in 1000 miles over 10 weeks in HS. I didn't think upping that intensity was doable right away in college. My plan was to let him chill a bit the first two years at like 80 and then go all in at over 100 as junior or senior. He did PR for me and ran a big relay leg for us on a school record team.
I think a lot of the FM kids have been so focused in HS when they get to college they relax and go wild a bit.
Rojo it is a MYTH that you can reach your genetic peak in high school without any negative consequences. Since your genetic peak in long distance running naturally would occur in your late 20s and early 30s, the only way to "peak" in high school is to overtrain so hard that you RUIN your long term potential and it actually DECREASES your genetic peak.
Overtraining in high school can have devastating effects on an athletes body and mind. It makes athletes really injury prone, lowers bone density, damages growth plates, lowers testosterone and effects other hormone levels, and causes eating disorders as well as severe mental burnout, just to name a few.
The athlete you coached who ran 1000 miles in 10 weeks in high school would 100% have significantly faster lifetime PRs if he ran less in high school and waited to senior year of college to hit 100.
High school athletes should be informed on the devastating long term effects of the extreme training that Aris made your athlete do.
I used to run a baseball card shop in town back in the day and the kids who I used to rip off would come to my shop and talk about Bill Aris. His coaching exploits are legendary.
This is Hilarious. I grew up right up the street from your dumpy little shop. We actually CALLED you Rob the Rip-Off Man. Speaking specifically about me and my buddies, you can rest assured that we stole WAY more from you than you ever fleeced us for. We used to bring mid-level cards in with us to "get ripped off" and then we'd clean your ass out when you had your back turned digging out the Beckett Guide or whatever. Good to know 30+ years later that we really were stealing from a true scumbag. Sleep well you geriatric creep.
"Thank you to all who have contributed thus far! The community and alumni support has been overwhelming and moving. There are still no answers from the district as to when Coach Aris will return to coaching. We do have two very important updates to share with you - First, legal counsel has been retained through Harris Beach Murtha and all communications between Coach Aris and the district are being run through his attorney. Coach Aris is not retiring. He is patiently waiting for justice to be served! And while he waits, he prepares for the commencement of his storied and public Summer Running Program, which begins on June 29, 2026. More than 20 current FM student-athletes, and additionally some runners outside of the FM school system, have already committed to the program and are excited to continue with Coach Aris to bring their running to the next level, despite this painful interruption. We look forward to providing updates as soon as we have them. Please continue to SHARE so that we may achieve our goal allowing us to pursue accountability, and return Coach Aris to his beloved role at the FM District!!"
