Natosha Rogers Coach - Wendel McRaven

Not to try to detract from natosha but when mcraven was coaching at UofIllinois he didn't do all that great recruiting in the first place and then developing the kind of talent that he was able to recruit. Maybe he has gotten better though.

Did he coach Bizarri?

I feel that there are no NCAA programs that systematically allow drug cheating, at worst they might look the other way on an individual basis. In any case, one look at an interview with that girl and you know no drugs are even up for discussion.

Has had some very good results this year and is definitely pushing the right buttons with several of his athletes, but he will need to recruit like Dan Waters did if he wants to maintain this kind of success. A&M's distance class this year is not all that impressive on paper. Dan's #1 job at A&M was to recruit, and that he did. I wonder if Wendell is recruiting male sprinters like Dan did?

did dan go on these in house visits to close the deals and get these sprinters to sign with a&m???

you guys all think that you are so smart...

BTW - Natosha was a little hurt during her first two seasons

all of you tards shut up...

"you tell me" - Tabarie Henry said Dan Waters was one of the main reasons he went to A&M and of course Waters wasn't his coach. That tells me he did help very much in recruiting sprinters.

Wendel Mcraven is underrated IMO. He just needs to do well in recruiting and A&M will see their way to the top of the distance running ranks. I hope male and female high schoolers in Texas see that going to Texas can guarantee you an inconsistent career at best.

It is somewhere in between.

Waters is known around the state and nation as a relentless, hard-working recruiter. He was on staff to bring in the talent first and foremost.

McRaven has a reputation for being a developer who is big on recovery between workouts and who works well with ambitious athletes. The catch is that he has no connections in Texas and that is where you get your book scholarship kids to fill in for cross country runners outside the top 1 or 2.

no, he didn't coach Bizarri. He coached the men only of Illinois.

To say that Texas is not doing well in developing talent is foolish. Mccraven has done nothing to prove that he is doing better in college station. Only time will tell.

Wendel is a fine coach. But, more importantly he is a great person!

Wendell has done a very fine job with her. He will dominate the SEC with her and his squad. Most importantly SHE has done a fine job.

Did he coach Jeremy Stevens?

14:15 3 mile xc out of high school.

4:10 1 mile at midwest distance gala.

pr's in college

3:52 1500

14:29 5000

rojo, what did you do to charlie hatch?

I know nothing about him other than the fact that he has a damn cool name. One part fake road race name,one part secret agent, one part mclovin,and one part edgar allan poe. well done mr and mrs mcraven.

I told you already... Not here to knock either coach, but a&m will be great either way

Texas will not know what hit them come cross country

Check out the link below for a detailed presentation McRaven gave on the exact training of Nstosha Rogers leading up to her big breakthrough.

http://www.ustfccca.org/assets/symposiums/2012/PDFs/McCraven-Wendell-Collegiate-10k-Training.pdf

She also quit the team. Lets not give too much credit here.