GT's Miltenberg to Stanford

Hello from the Hilltop.

As you are a valued supporter and stakeholder of Georgetown Track & Field/Cross Country, I am writing to you today to announce an important change to our coaching staff. Head Women’s Cross Country and Associate Head Track & Field Coach Chris Miltenberg has resigned to become the Director of Track & Field/Head Cross Country Coach at Stanford University.

I would like to thank Chris for his contributions to the program he has helped to make one of the best in the country. Coach Pat Henner will begin a national search for a new coach immediately; in the interim, Coach Henner will oversee the women's cross country program.

I look forward to the announcement of our new coach and to the continued success of Georgetown Track & Field/Cross Country.

Hoya Saxa,

Lee Reed

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics

xxxxxxxxx wrote:

In fairness, Peter Tegen was a womens-only coach that did a good job with the guys at Stanford during his time there.

Tegen did NOT do a good job with the Stanford men...

As a Georgetown alum and avid track and field fan, I was devastated by this news. We were afraid this day would come, but I wish Coach Milt could have had the opportunity to repeat the success of last year's women's NCAA XC championship.

Of course, he is taking over one of the best jobs in track and field, so it is hard to fault him. We thank him for his efforts at Georgetown and wish him luck (except vs the Hoyas).

HUGE FOR THE FARM.... Go Stanford!!

Don B. wrote:

As a Georgetown alum and avid track and field fan, I was devastated by this news. We were afraid this day would come, but I wish Coach Milt could have had the opportunity to repeat the success of last year's women's NCAA XC championship.

Of course, he is taking over one of the best jobs in track and field, so it is hard to fault him. We thank him for his efforts at Georgetown and wish him luck (except vs the Hoyas).

Yes, devastating news for Hoyas. The timing could hardly be worse - it makes little sense for Stanford as well as G-town for Milt to move 1 week after the kids return to school with season-openers a couple of weeks away.

Horrible timing! Oh well, best of luck to Coach Milt.

AKMarmoset wrote:

it makes little sense for Stanford as well as G-town for Milt to move 1 week after the kids return to school with season-openers a couple of weeks away.

It makes little sense for Stanford to hire a coach, rather than not hire a coach?

WOW!! So will Miltenberg actually be coaching the Stanford women on a daily basis or this more of an administrative Job??? For all the high school girls considering Stanford...who will take on the day to day coaching responsibility, Milt or Patti Sue???

No mention of the national championship earned last year. Shows how much he was valued. Good luck to Chris.

Actually perfect timing for Stanford. Two capable asssitants on the men's and women's side already in place, will give Chris time to get up and running, arriving in time for camp (hopefully). His August arrival at the Farm will allow him to hit the ground running for track and XC recruiting. Very exciting distance fans. Go Cardinal

Milt would be well advised to stay at the Oakwood Luxury Apartments on Middlefield Road the way Stanford cuts loose T&F staffs on a tweet ;-{

Mountain View wrote:

Milt would be well advised to stay at the Oakwood Luxury Apartments on Middlefield Road the way Stanford cuts loose T&F staffs on a tweet ;-{

what are you talking about? None of the staff that left was "cut loose". Floreal left, and as is standard procedure, the new Director is allowed to hire/fire whoever he wants, so there were no guaranteed jobs for anyone except PSP who acted as interim Head Coach.

logic-kill wrote:

AKMarmoset wrote:

it makes little sense for Stanford as well as G-town for Milt to move 1 week after the kids return to school with season-openers a couple of weeks away.

It makes little sense for Stanford to hire a coach, rather than not hire a coach?

Of course not. If you would like to argue about it, I will gladly concede that Stanford acted prudently in hiring a coach for this Cross-Country season. There.

I do stand by my point that the timing of this change is far from optimal, a disservice to the kids of both programs, and an added challenge for Milt. It's a bummer. If you'd like to argue that, fine. I'm sure Stanford will be okay, and I acknowledge the point made prior to this post, that the two strong assistants at Stanford will ease the transition. But if Milt is taking the helm, he will now have to merge his training ideas and methods with those of the Stanford program instead of starting fresh in summer training.

Well I am impressed that the Stanford AD didn't cut T&F/XC while he had the golden opportunity w/o a coach and the pre-season camp on the doorstep. At Delaware his cutting of T&F helped pay for part of the new locker room for football. With the larger budget on he Farm, perhaps he could have bought a new weightroom for the Cardinal footballers or maybe a personal chef for road trips.

Tweet, Tweet, Tweet...

Bloody Stanford and their total obsession with publications, DOE Labs, citations, papers, NSF Grants, books, Olympic medals, Nobel Prizes, and international awards.

Were they fired in place ? Lannana, Weir, Gerard, Evans, Floreal, Dunn...

Hmmm...

Tweet, Tweet, Tweet...

Bloody Stanford and their total obsession with publications, DOE Labs, citations, papers, NSF Grants, books, Olympic medals, Nobel Prizes, and international awards.

Were they fired in place ? Lannana, Weir, Gerard, Evans, Floreal, Dunn...

Hmmm...

Stanford has a little more money than Delaware...they don't have to cut programs to stay afloat like others. Disgruntles employees need to move on, you didn't cut it.

Who is he going to hire as men's distance coach? Might be hard for an older, more established coach to take orders from a young'un, as capable as he might be...