Staff
The staff at the All-American Cross Country Camp are a highly motivated, well trained staff with a wide range of experiences to relate to the individual needs and levels of all runners.
The camp is headed by Coach Rollie Geiger, a nationally reknown cross country coach who has helped hundreds of runners realize the full extent of their personal potential. Coach Geiger, along with his senior staff, lead an enthusiastic group of counselors that run with, teach, and mentor the campers that attend each year.
COACH GEIGER
Camp Director
Rollie Geiger (28-time ACC Coach of the Year) is in his twenty-eighth year as Head Cross Country Coach at NC State University. In those twenty-eight years the Wolfpack Cross Country teams have won 2 National, 34 ACC, and numerous other Cross Country Championships. Wolfpack Cross Country athletes have won 5 collegiate national individual championships, 60 All-American honors, 22 ACC titles, and 162 All-Conference citations. Coach Geiger, 28-time ACC Coach of the Year, served as the 1988 USA National Coach in the World Cross Country Championships held in Auckland, New Zealand.
Most recently, the 2011 men's team won the 2011 ACC Cross Country Championship, the NCAA Southeast Regional title, and finished 10th at the 2011 NCAA National Championship, being lead by All-Americans Ryan Hill (Hickory, NC) and Andrew Colley (Williamsburg, VA). Tthe women captured a 23rd place finish at the NCAA National Championship and were lead by All-ACC and All-Regional runners Andie Cozzareli (Apex, NC) and Joanna Thompson (Knoxville, TN) and All-Regional runner Laura Hoer (Asheville, NC).
SENIOR STAFF
Laurie Henes
Chris Seaton
Jackie Coscia Brooks
Tim Brock
notable former STAFF AND GUEST SPEAKERS
- Abdul Alzindani - All-American, Foot Locker National Champion, US National Team
- Megan Coombs - All-American
- Ian Dobson - All-American, NCAA National Champion, 2008 Olympian, US World Championship Team Member
- Chris Dugan - All-American, US National Team
- Francine Dumas - All-American
- Betty Springs Geiger - All-American, NCAA National Champion, USA National Champion
- Bob Henes - All-American
- Ryan Hill - All-American, US World Cross Country Team Member
- David Honea - All-American
- Patrick Joyce - All-American, US World Cross Country Team Member
- Chris Lear - Author - Running with the Buffalos
- Julia Lucas - All-American, US World Jr Cross Country Team Member
- Bobby Mack - All-American, US World Cross Country Team Member
- John Martinez - All-American
- Dan Middleman - All-American, Olympian
- Christy Nichols - All-American, US National Team
- Chad Pearson - All-American, US World Jr Cross Country Team Member
- Chan Pons - All-American, US World Cross Country Team Member
- Corby Pons - All-American
- Kristin Price - NCAA National Champion, All-American
- Emily Pritt - All-American, US World Jr Cross Country Team Member
- Ellen Reynolds - All-American, Physical Therapist
- Tony Riley - All-American
- Connie Jo Robinson - All American, Foot Locker National Champion
- Brendan Rodgers - All-American
- Katie Sabino - All-American
- Andy Smith - All-American
- Janet Smith - All-American, Foot Locker National Champion
- Dr. Suzie Tuffey - All-American, NCAA Champion, Sports Psychologist
- Bob Swoap - Sports Psychologist
- George Watts - University of Tennessee Cross Country Coach
- Todd Williams - All-American, Olympian
recent GUEST SPEAKERS
- Jim Ryun - First high schooler to break four minutes in the mile when he ran 3:59.0 in 1964. He was the last American to hold world record in mile, which was set at 3:51.1 in 1967.
- Stephen Furst - Runs for post-collegiate running group, adidas Raleigh. He was an ACC Champion and an All-American while at NC State.
- adidas McMillian Elite Athletes - LIndsay Allen, Nick Arciniaga, Jordan Horn, Jamie Winslow
- Andy Barr - adidas Product Designer (shoes) based in Germany
- Chris Hollis - adidas North American New Generation Manager