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Two Coaches Featured in January of Season 1

January and February are the time of year for coaching clinics.  One of the goals of this site to provide, over the course of a year, more information than any single clinic a coach can attend.  With that in mind we are featuring two coaches this month.  Patrick McHugh of North Shore Country Day School (IL) and Rick Rothman of Spanish River High School (FL).  Coach McHugh coaches in Chicago, where he is dealing with snow and ice and wind in the winter months, while Coach Rothman has nice training weather in the winter months in Florida.  Thus, this will be a fun month for HSRC members, allowing them to compare and contrast training from two excellent coaches who coach in much different climates.

Full bios will be up soon.

So carve out some time from your busy schedule to read their training and see how they prepare athletes for outdoor track.

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Micah Porter – Featured Coach, November Season 1

Micah Porter is entering his 19th year as the head Boy’s Cross-Country and Track & Field Coach at D’Evelyn High School.

During his tenure at D’Evelyn, the distance program have had some considerable performances.

In Cross Country and at a school of just under 630 students, Coach Porter has produced three State Championship teams, 6 individual State Champions, and two Footlocker finalists, one finishing 4th in 2004.

On the Track, Coach Porter has been blessed to guide over 20 State Champions in a variety of distance events. Among those have been State Records in the Boys 3200m and State records in two classifications in the 3200m relay. Porter’s relay teams have broken 8:00 minutes 16 times and hold the Colorado 3A State record at 7:53.53 and the 4A State record at 7:48.60. And with a different team, D’Evelyn’s school record was run at Nike Outdoor Nationals in a time of 7:43.64 as his team finished 4th, earning All-American honors.

Micah has been Colorado’s State Coach of the Year in both Cross-Country and Track & Field. He has also been honored by his peers as Jefferson Country as Coach of Year 14 times.

His training philosophy can be summed up in the words of Thelonious Monk, “Always leave them wanting more.”

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