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Bill
Hoffman
Men's Cross Country Head Coach
2003-Present
2nd Season
(901) 266-7260
bhoffman@cbu.edu
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Bill Hoffman has been the head cross country coach for two
years at CBU after serving as an assistant for another two
years.
Hoffman started coaching Men's cross country as an assistant
coach at Murray State University in the 1990-1991 season.
While there, he coached 3 Olympic runners, 4 All American's,
and 8 All Conference runners. In 1996 he became the head
cross country coach at Germantown High School in Memphis,
Tennessee where he coached former CBU runners Will Wright
and Brent Ellis. His team gradually increased the position
in the state meet each time they went (1996 - 18th, 1998
- 12th, 1999 - 9th, 2000 - 8th, and 2001 - 5th). His 2001
5th finish was the best ever finish of a Germantown High
School cross country team. At Germantown, he coached 2 All
State cross country runners placing 3rd overall in 2000 and
9th overall in 2001. He was also an assistant track coach
at Germantown from 1996-2000 where he coached many all state
runners and jumpers.
Hoffman was an All State cross country high school runner
in Pennsylvania. He ran for Indiana University of Pennsylvania
for two years. He transferred to Eastern Kentucky University
where he was named Runner of the Year in the Ohio Valley
Conference in 1989 for cross country. He was conference champion
in track and cross country. He was three time All OVC in
track and cross country and named 3 times to the OVC Academic
Honor Roll. From 1991-1996 he ran competitive for Reebok
Southwest Track Club and PowerBar. He competed in two World
Cross Country Trails and won several Regional Road Races.
His current personal records include a 4:12 mile, a 14:12
5K, and a 30:26 10K.
Hoffman annually runs the Memphis Twilight Classic, the
largest night time cross country event for high schools and
universities in the South. Each year, nearly 35 high schools
and 25 colleges and universities run in the event at Mike
Rose Soccer Complex.
He is currently a physical education teacher at Riverdale
in Germantown, Tennessee. He earned a BS in Physical Education
from Eastern Kentucky University in 1989 and an MA in Health
and Physical Education from 1998 Murray State University.
He is married to the former Teri Moore and has one son, Colin
and a daughter, Mia.
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