Ray B.

I'm a retired Track & Field and Basketball coach with over 20 years of coaching experience at a Catholic K-8 school in Tucson, Arizona. I moved to Reston, VA to be closer to my daughter and new grandchild and started volunteer coaching at Legacy Track & Field Club in July 2025. Legacy is based in Leesburg, VA. I'm currently working with a sophomore in H.S. in the High Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault and am working with 4 athletes aged 8-12 in High Jump, Long Jump, Hurdles, Shot Put and Discus. I am a USATF Level 1 Certified Track & Field Coach and Official. I am AAU certified as a Track & Field Coach. I am an NFHS Nationally Accredited Interscholastic Coach.

In high school in Arizona I was 3rd in the Pole Vault at State as a Senior and 5th in the High Jump. I still hold the High Jump school record at my high school which is 6' 3.5". I competed in Junior College at Pima College, mainly in the High Jump and Pole Vault but also completed 5 decathlons. Once I turned 50, I began competing in the Senior Olympics where I never lost in the High Jump for my age over the last 15 years in the Tucson Senior Games. Last summer I competed at the National Senior Games in Ames, Iowa where I finished 9th overall in the High Jump and 14th in the Discus. I competed in the Virginia State games in 2025 where I won the High Jump and the 10k Bike Race, was second in the Javelin and 4th in the Discus. In 2026, I medaled in all 10 field events at the Maryland Senior Games and Medaled in all 8 field events at the Virginia Senior Games qualifying me for the National Senior games to be held in Tulsa, OK in July, 2027.

I start with talking to an athlete to find out what their goals are and how they like to train. I then like to see them in action and get to know them better. I like to use video to analyze what we can improve on and customize the training to improve on weaknesses and build on strengths. I listen to the athlete and keep the coaching points simple and try to make minimal changes. We then work out a strength regimen and build in time for recovery. I am a coach that uses encouragement over yelling and over-coaching.