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.”