At the recent 3A District 10 Championship we had the honor of catching up with one of the winningest cross country coaches in state history, former Largo coach Brent Haley. Haley, who is volunteering with the Northeast program won ten state titles and had eight runner up finishes at the helm for the Packers, but ask him how many titles he won and he'd tell you one and that was in New Hampshire back in his high school days, the other ten he credits to the young men he coached.
From 1969-1987, Largo won ten times, finished as the runner-up six times, and were fourth twice.
We talked about his fondest memories of those title runs, his thoughts on the status of the sport today, what makes a great program, and more.