And in looking at the Herriman track website it's far from a one man show. That school takes its running seriously with a dedicated group of coaches working with Soles.
Herriman XC Club of Utah first-year coach Doug Soles recaps a third-place finish with 155 points and first podium appearance in program history following the boys championship race at Nike Cross Nationals at Glendoveer Golf C...
I don’t see what all the negativity around this guy is about. He has had a lot of success but no magic secrets. He coaches at schools with big teams and they train hard. Injuries happen.
Did York do this as well and everyone loved the program?
Does anyone know if the Herriman guys run on Sundays? I know that The Great Oak guys did, but obviously religious landscape is different in Utah, and I was wondering whether Doug planned around that, or whatever.
“If you’re the best #3 in the country, we win the national title”. That isn’t what happened in 2016. Patrick Parker was AF’s 3rd guy and an all-American but his team didn’t win NXN.
Doug’s teams have finished on the NXN podium 7 times and in 2015 his boys team won it all. He built Great Oak High School into a national powerhouse. Then he took over a new program in 2022 (Herriman) and in his first year th...
I think he was speaking specifically about his team in that year. The dynamic of his 4-7 was probably different than 2016 AF's was. 2016 was extremely muddy as well.