Meet Coach Greg

Coach Greg is our Head Coach/Technical Advisor to the team/coaches and is a Board Member of Race Team RVA Running Club.  Greg started running track in the 6th grade and has been running ever since.  He is a USATF Level 2 Coach, Endurance and Jumps & RRCA Distance Coach.  He has been trained in coaching Middle Distance Runners by Scott Simmons of the American Distance Project & in the Effects of Altitude Training on Endurance Athletes at the USOC in Colorado Springs.  He qualified for Boston 7 times & competed there 5 times.  Greg has been coaching distance runners since 2002.  He is the Volunteer Assistant Coach at Hanover High School, working with distance and middle distance runners. He is a USATF Master Level Track/Field/Cross-Country Official and has been selected to officiated NCAA  National Championships at DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA, & National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA), various conference championships, NCAA Southeast Regional Meets, Women’s Diamond League Pole Vault. He specializes in Vertical and Horizontal Jumps – Pole Vault/High Jump/Long/Triple Jumps.  He is a member of several clubs, including Race Team RVA, Annapolis Striders, Marathon Maniacs, & Richmond Area Bicycling Association. He is also the Coordinator of Track/Field/Cross Country Officials for the University of Virginia.   He received his undergrad from The Defiance College & MBA from the University of Findlay.  Greg and his wife Debra, also an avid runner/coach/Boston Competitor have 6 children, & 10 grandchildren, making Hanover County their home with two dogs……We are looking forward to the day they all run their first race together!

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