Education
- B.A. in psychology from BYU
- Master's in exercise science from BYU
Hometown
- Born in American Samoa
- Raised in Ogden, Utah
Personal/Family
- Served an LDS church mission to Barcelona, Spain
- Married to Lynn (a former Miss Utah) and they are the parents of six daughters
Career Highlights
- Ten-time All-American in indoor and outdoor track and Cross Country
- Qualified for United States Olympic Team Trial, 1984 Summer Games
- Three-time member of the United States Cross Country Team (World Championships)
- Individual NCAA Cross Country Champion, 1984 at Penn State
- 10,000 meter Champion NCAA Track and Field Championship 1984, 1985
- 5,000 meter Champion NCAA Track and Field Championship 1985
- Placed sixth in TAC World Cross Country Championship at Medowlands, NJ 1984
- Western Athletic Conference Champion 1984, 1985
- Clocked in 27:41.1 at Mt. SAC Relays 1985, fastest 10,000 meters time in the world at the time
- School record-holder 10,000 meter, 5,000 meter, 3,000 meter, 2 miles
- WAC All-American Academic at large athlete
- All-WAC Conference approximately 20 times
- WAC Stan Bates Award
- Recipient of the NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship Award 1985
Before BYU
- Lettered in track and cross country at Ogden High School (Utah)
- Earned a scholarship to BYU to run track and cross country
After BYU
- Was a professional distance runner for 15 years
- Two-time Olympian, 1988, 1992
- Three-time member of the United State Cross Country Team
- Worked as an assistant coach at Weber State, 1996-98
- Inducted to the BYU Hall of Fame in 1998
Post-BYU Honors and Societies
- Has been named U.S. Road Racer of the Year five times
- Has a career-best marathon time of 2:10.59
- Coached the BYU men's cross country team to the 2019 NCAA title, the program's first
- Became the first man to win an individual cross country national title and coach a team to a national title
- Named the USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year in 2019
- As a coach at BYU, his teams have been in the nation’s top 25 every year he has coached
- Finished NCAA 5th place in 2001
- Has eight Mountain West Conference Championships as a coach
- Named MWC Coach of the Year 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1998