ATLANTA - August 3, 2023 - Tom Nohilly will be
the next head coach of Atlanta Track Club Elite, the Club announced Thursday,
concluding an international search. After nearly 15 years of successfully
launching and coaching elite training groups in the New York City metro area,
Nohilly will relocate to Running City USA next month to lead the build-up to
the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
"Atlanta Track Club is
unique in the strong support system it's created for its athletes," said
Nohilly. "I'm looking forward to getting to know the individual athletes, and
sharing my knowledge and experience to help this talented group excel and
compete at the top level nationally and internationally."
Nohilly comes to Atlanta Track Club
from Empire Elite Track Club, which he co-founded in 2021 and where he has
served as co-head coach. Prior to Empire Elite, Nohilly spent 11 years as an
assistant coach for New Jersey New York Track Club, where he coached
middle-distance athletes to World Championship and Olympic teams.
"It is important for
me to recognize all the great athletes I've had the opportunity to work with at
Empire Elite and NJNY," said Nohilly. "Without these dedicated and talented
athletes, I would not have succeeded as a coach to this point."
At NJNY, Nohilly worked under legendary
head coach Frank Gagliano, who is widely considered one of the greatest
middle-distance coaches in American track and field history. There, Nohilly
honed his coaching philosophy.
"Tom believes that strength is speed,
and he believes in the enclave effect of tight-knit training groups," said
Kenah, a two-time World Championship bronze medalist in the 800 meters who was
coached by "Gags" at Georgetown University and later as a professional athlete
where he and Nohilly were training partners. "Atlanta Track Club has a vision
of being the best middle-distance group in the country and among the best in
the world. I am confident that Tom is the coach who will get us there."
Nohilly was the 1989 NCAA Champion in
the steeplechase at the University of Florida. Following his collegiate career,
he was a three-time U.S. runner-up in the steeplechase and represented the
United States at the 1995 and 1997 World Championships. He was also a member of
Team USA at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships.
In Atlanta, Nohilly will lead a group
of accomplished athletes that includes two of America's top 800m runners,
Olivia Baker and Allie Wilson as well as American indoor record-holder Shane
Streich. He will report to the Club's Director of High Performance, Eric
Heintz. Additional athlete and coaching updates will be announced in the coming
weeks.
A native of Queens, New York, Nohilly
has a degree in exercise and sport sciences. He will relocate to Atlanta with
his wife, Kim. They are the parents of three adult children, Eion,
Kathryn and Brooke.