Women's Cross Country
Henner, Patrick
Patrick Henner
- Email:
- henner@usc.edu
- Phone:
- 821-2172
Patrick Henner begins his first season as the cross country coach and assistant coach in charge of the distance program for the USC track and field team.Â
Henner was the Georgetown director of track and field and cross country from 2007-15 and prior to that had spent eight seasons as the Hoyas’ head men’s cross country coach and assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field team. During his time at Georgetown, he built the program into one of the top tier programs in the country.Â
Georgetown’s women’s cross country team won the 2011 NCAA title and five times finished inside the top 10 in the country, including fourth in 2010 and 2015 and fifth in 2013. His men’s program finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships three times with seventh-place finishes in 2000 and 2006 and an eighth-place finish in 2008.Â
While at Georgetown he coached 24 individual cross country All-Americans, including Emily Infeld who was the 2010 cross country runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. He guided Georgetown to four Big East cross country titles (2 women and 2 men) and three of his athletes won the individual title. His teams won nine NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region cross country team championships and he earned eight NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors.
In track and field, Henner coached 108 All-Americans with 12 athletes garnering a top 5 finish at the NCAA Championships. Georgetown won the 2012 Big East Women’s Indoor Track & Field team championship and he coached 61 individual and relay conference champions.
Prior to Georgetown, Henner was a coach at James Madison where he served as head men’s and women’s cross country coach, as well as assistant track and field coach for the Dukes from 1990-99. His coaching achievements as head coach at JMU include being named the 1998 NCAA Southeast Region and Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Cross Country Coach of the Year. He guided JMU to its first NCAA cross country team championship berth in school history and the 1998 men’s team placed ninth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. He guided JMU’s men’s team to two and the women’s team to won CAA cross country team title, both the first in program history.
In track and field at JMU, he coached 28 All-American and guided Dukes to 14 school records. He was named CAA Coach of the Year two times.
He began his coaching career as the head coach of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams at Blacksburg High in Blacksburg, Va. from 1983-1987. Both the men’s and women’s teams won state championships in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
Henner earned an undergraduate degree in Secondary Education from Virginia Tech in 1983 and a masters in Kinesiology from James Madison in 1989.
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Henner was the Georgetown director of track and field and cross country from 2007-15 and prior to that had spent eight seasons as the Hoyas’ head men’s cross country coach and assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field team. During his time at Georgetown, he built the program into one of the top tier programs in the country.Â
Georgetown’s women’s cross country team won the 2011 NCAA title and five times finished inside the top 10 in the country, including fourth in 2010 and 2015 and fifth in 2013. His men’s program finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships three times with seventh-place finishes in 2000 and 2006 and an eighth-place finish in 2008.Â
While at Georgetown he coached 24 individual cross country All-Americans, including Emily Infeld who was the 2010 cross country runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. He guided Georgetown to four Big East cross country titles (2 women and 2 men) and three of his athletes won the individual title. His teams won nine NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region cross country team championships and he earned eight NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors.
In track and field, Henner coached 108 All-Americans with 12 athletes garnering a top 5 finish at the NCAA Championships. Georgetown won the 2012 Big East Women’s Indoor Track & Field team championship and he coached 61 individual and relay conference champions.
Prior to Georgetown, Henner was a coach at James Madison where he served as head men’s and women’s cross country coach, as well as assistant track and field coach for the Dukes from 1990-99. His coaching achievements as head coach at JMU include being named the 1998 NCAA Southeast Region and Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Cross Country Coach of the Year. He guided JMU to its first NCAA cross country team championship berth in school history and the 1998 men’s team placed ninth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. He guided JMU’s men’s team to two and the women’s team to won CAA cross country team title, both the first in program history.
In track and field at JMU, he coached 28 All-American and guided Dukes to 14 school records. He was named CAA Coach of the Year two times.
He began his coaching career as the head coach of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams at Blacksburg High in Blacksburg, Va. from 1983-1987. Both the men’s and women’s teams won state championships in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
Henner earned an undergraduate degree in Secondary Education from Virginia Tech in 1983 and a masters in Kinesiology from James Madison in 1989.
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