Brentwood Academy boys cross country coach Marshall Smith.
Why chosen: Smith helped lead Brentwood Academy to its second straight Division II-AA state title with a dominant state meet performance. The Eagles finished with 18 points, 72 less than second-place finisher Christian Brothers. Freshman Carter Cheeseman captured the DII-AA individual title with teammates Davis Holliday and Joshua Bell finishing second and third, respectively.
Quote: “We felt like going into the meet we had a good group and we could have a few guys be up near the front and have multiple be All-State, but to do something like that is so difficult and so unusual. We did have just an outstanding day, and I think the guys were just really intent on running a great race and sticking to the plan we had in place. It just worked out really well in our favor.”