Cross Country Coaches

David has been coaching for 3 years and in his second season as head coach for XC. He has been a regular runner for over 20 years. His family attends Nativity parish where his sons, James and Ben, are 5th and 3rd grade. And with two younger kids / future runners, he looks forward to many years of involvement with this wonderful XC team!

Contact: david.rothermich@gmail.com

Andy has been coaching XC for 5 years, and works with the 5th-8th grade runners. Andy's family are Nativity parishioners and his children attend Blue Valley schools

Contact: ajgifford@gmail.com

Megan is in her 3rd year of coaching, and has 2 runners from St. Michael's on the team: Madison (8th grade) and James (5th grade), plus a future runner in 2nd grade! Megan ran cross country and track at Baker University. Megan coaches 5th-8th graders

Contact: hibler.megan@gmail.com

Bill heads up the 3rd and 4th grade runners. He's been coaching for 7 years, and his daughter on the team, Caroline, is an 8th grader at Nativity. Bill ran college cross country and track at Wofford College

Contact: bill.newell@amwins.com

Coach Eileen Coughenour is coaching for the first season officially, and volunteered last year. She has a 6th grader, Adam, 4th grader, Isaac, and 2nd grader, Clara. She ran cross country in high school, and now runs ultra marathons for fun! Her family attends Nativity parish, and Blue Valley schools

Contact: eileencoughenour@gmail.com

Jerry is our most experienced coach, currently in his 7th year of coaching. He is back (when available), even without any kids in the program to help lead the 7th and 8th grade runners. Jerry's a Nativity parishioner, ran in college at Georgetown and KU, and his son's Crosby & Ford are running at Rockhurst HS after graduating from our XC team the last two years

Contact: jerry@seniorcare-homes.com