Gary Billingsley- Build a Championship Cross Country Program
by THSCA Track & Field
Description
Learn how to build a championship-caliber cross country program with Coach Gary Billingsley. Discover practical training strategies, race planning, and team-building methods to help your runners improve and compete at their best.
What You’ll Learn:
- Build a consistent, structured cross country training program
- Develop effective workouts for different ability levels
- Use race pace, tempo runs, and interval training to improve performance
- Prepare athletes to execute race strategies and finish strong
- Create a season-long training calendar for continued development
- Hold athletes accountable while building character and team culture
- Adapt training to your team’s needs, resources, and goals
Train with purpose. Build a stronger team. Compete for championships.
Lessons
The Coach
Gary Billingsley is an experienced Texas track and cross country coach with a strong record of building competitive distance-running programs. He currently serves as the Head Cross Country Coach and Co-Head Track & Field Coach at Keene High School, where he works with athletes across multiple levels.
Before joining Keene, Billingsley coached at Miller Grove and Tilden McMullen County, where he developed successful programs and guided athletes to regional and state-level competition. His athletes have earned recognition on regional teams, and his programs have produced multiple accomplished runners.
Billingsley is known for a development-focused approach to distance running, emphasizing consistent training, performance progression, goal setting, and building championship-level programs. He has also presented at coaching clinics, including a session on starting a distance program from scratch and developing championship-level teams.
His experience makes him a valuable resource for coaches looking to improve distance training, athlete development, program building, and long-term team success.
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This Course Includes
| Lifetime access |
| Certificate of completion |
| 100% money back guarantee |
Course Info
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| Caterory: | Track and Field/Cross Country |
