Head Coach of the B.A.A. High Performance Team
College: Providence College
Hometown: Cork, Ireland
Top Honors
- Two-time Olympian for Ireland (2000 and 2004)
- Irish national record holder at distances from the 3,000 meters to 10,000 meters.
- European Champion in the 3,000 meters indoors (2000) and bronze medalist at 1998 European Championships in the 5,000 meters
- Represented Ireland at the World Championships six times
- Six-time All-American and NCAA national champion at 5000m indoors while competing at Providence College.
- Coach of the Irish Olympic distance runners at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2010 European Championships in Spain.
- Former Director of Track & Field and Cross Country at Drake University
- Former Head Cross Country Coach at Auburn University, where he led the Tigers to four All-American finishes and six Southeastern Conference titles.
Personal Bests
- 1500 (Outdoors): 3:34.91 (2000)
- 1500 (Indoors): 3:36.96 (2000)
- Mile (Outdoors): 3:50.62 (2000)
- Mile (Indoors): 3:54.5 (2001)
- 3000 (Outdoors): 7:30.36 (1999)
- 3000 (Indoors): 7:44.73 (1999)
- 5000 (Outdoors): 13:03.93 (1998)
- 5000 (Indoors): 13:31.93 (1999)
- 10,000m (Outdoors): 27:46.82 (2000)
- 5K Road: 13:58 (2009)
- 10K Road: 28:30 (2006)
- Half Marathon: 1:02:36 (2005)
- Marathon: 2:10:54 (2002)