Ryan Banta

Coaching accolades
Member of Missouri Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association (MTCCCA) Hall of Fame 2021, USTFCCCA Girl’s Coach of the Year 2022, MTCCCA Coach of the Year 2021 & 2022, Ryan is the Author of the Sprinter’s Compendium, St. Louis Suburban Conference Coach of the Year 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, past President of the MTCCCA, and has a Master’s in Positive Psychology from the University of Missouri.
Coach Banta is a successful high school coach. His athletes have achieved 148 school records (FR, JV, Varsity), 11 top-five team finishes at the state championships, team state title in 2022, 12 district championships, 8 district runner-up finishes, 15 conference team titles, 297 state semi-finalist (sectionals), 222 state qualifiers, 3 state records (3200, 4×800, and 100HH), 23 national ranked events, 196 All-state Medalists, 24 state champions, 24 runner-up performances, and 3 Gatorade athletes of the year all done in a single gender at Parkway Central High School. HS coach of Olympian Emily Sisson.
Leadership, Coaching Contributions, and Peer Development
● MTCCCA Executive Committee
● MTCCCA President
● MTCCCA Vice President
● MSHSAA Advisory Board Member
● Lead Sprints Instructor at the Olympic Training Center for the USATF Coaches Podium School 2025
● Presenter at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon
● Author of the Sprinter's Compendium, the most comprehensive book ever written on the topic of speed, 2017
● Featured Coach on Ryan Banta’s Critical Mass System: Sprint Training Philosophy & Methods by Championship Productions 2022
● Host of Companions of the Compendium Podcast 2021
● Clinician Presenter in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia
● Presenter at World Speed Summit and ALTIS Apprentice Coach Program
● Contributor to speedendurance.com, just-fly-sports.com, and elitetrack.com.

Academic Education
● Master of Education in educational, school, and counseling psychology with an emphasis in positive coaching at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, 2019
● Teacher’s Certification from the University of Missouri in St. Louis, 2007
● Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in history and Asian Studies from Carthage College, 2001

Athletic Education & License
● USATF Level II in endurance, jumps, relays, hurdles, and sprint events.
● USTFCCCA Technical Certification
● ALTIS Apprentice Coach’s Program
● USATF Emerging Elite Coach in 2012