Mark Hathaway

I have coached for the boys and girls Track & Field teams at Andover High School since 2009. In that time, I’ve coached many different events:

Pole Vault: 2009 - present
High Jump: 2010 - 2017
Sprints: 2014 - present
Long Jump: indoors 2017 - 2019
Triple Jump: 2017 - 2018
Middle Distance: 2018 - present
Hurdles: Not for the high school, only as 1 on 1 sessions
Long Distance: 2020 (winter season only)

Certifications:
USTFCCCA Sprints Hurdles Relays Certification (USATF Level 2 equivalent)
USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning Coach
Altis Short Sprints Course Certification

I’ve coached a medalist at the D1 State meet in every running and jumping event, except for the mile, though I only had one season as a distance coach.

Medals I’ve coached:
119 individual and 39 relay medals at the Division 1 State meet
35 individual and 18 relay medals at the All-State meet
7 individual and 10 relay medals at New England Championships
3 All-American performances

Champions I’ve coached:
35 individual and 22 relay Merrimack Valley Conference Champions
20 individual and 11 relay Division 1 State meet Champions
4 individual and 6 relay All-State meet Champions
3 individual and 4 relay New Englands Champions
1 New Balance Outdoor Nationals Champion

Some notable performances I’ve coached:
State record at the time in indoor and outdoor boys pole vault (15’6”)
State record girls indoor and outdoor high jump relay (15’9” for both)
State record boys Swedish Medley Relay (1:59.73)
#2 MA All-Time girls 4x100m (48.01)
#4 MA All-Time indoor girls 4x200m (1:43.47)
#5 MA All-Time girls indoor 4x400m (3:55.48)
All-State Champ Boys 4x100m (42.77)
New England Champ boys 4x400m (3:19.61)
National Champion in girls high jump (5’10” jumper)

I’ve coached over 70 athletes at Andover High School that have gone on to compete collegiately.

In high school, I was varsity Cross Country and varsity Track for sprints (100m - 400m)/jumps, with an occasional 800m or mile, if the team needed it. The event where I had the most success was pole vault, where I was top 10 in the state for 3 years. I wasn’t particularly naturally gifted towards any of my events, but I put in the work to make it to varsity in all of them. I maintain that level of effort in my coaching and my learning how to become a better coach.

It would be different, depending on the event and time of year, but the primary focus would be proper technique. The kinds of drills, exercises, and workouts would be speed and power based. A session would start with a thorough warmup, then technical drills or event specific work for field events, then short sprints and/or some jumps or medicine ball throws, depending on the rest of the session. The plan is to not do reps of highly technical activities while tired, so I monitor how each rep is going to know when to end that part of the session or the session as a whole before we start repeating errors that are caused by fatigue. We will go over video so I can show the athlete what is causing the issues, and I can demonstrate or show videos of the activity being done correctly, so they know what they’re aiming for.

I’m always available to ask questions. I can help with making sprinting / jumping / running / lifting plans for any time of the year.