Bio

Began: 1999 | Season: 2023-24 is his 25th season

Coach Layne by the Numbers
3 Team National Championships
17 Individual National Champions
177 All-Americans
44 Top 25 National Finishes
37 AAC Team Championships
10 USTFCCCA Program of the Year finishes
6 Milligan XC/Track student-athletes inducted into Milligan Athletics Hall of Fame

Team National Championships (3)
2021 Men’s Cross Country
2021 Women’s Cross Country
2023 Men's Cross Country

Individual National Champions (17)
Marta Zimon – 2003 – Indoor 5000m
Hannah Segrave – 2016 – Indoor 800
Hannah Segrave – 2016 – Outdoor 800
Hannah Segrave – 2017 – Indoor 800
Hannah Segrave – 2017 – Outdoor 800
Nathan Baker – 2018 – Indoor 3000m
Rasheem Brown – 2019 – Indoor 60m Hurdles
Rasheem Brown – 2019 – Outdoor 110m Hurdles
Rasheem Brown – 2020 – Indoor 60m Hurdles
Tim Thacker – 2021 – Indoor Mile
Nathan Baker – 2021 – Indoor 3000m
Emily Kearney – 2021 – Outdoor 10000m
Emily Kearney – 2021 – Outdoor 5000m
Alyssa Bearzi – 2021 – Cross Country 5000m
Bryn Woodall – 2023 – Indoor 3000m
Alyssa Bearzi – 2023 – Indoor 5000m
Aaron Jones – 2023 – Indoor 5000m

Post Collegiate Athletes
Melissa Cook – USA, 15:34 (5k), 32:31 (10k); Two-time U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
Abbey Cooper – USA, 14:52 (5k) 2016; U.S. Olympian, currently top-20 all-time in U.S. 5000m
Samantha George – USA, 15:19 (5k); 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier
Emily Kearney – UK, 15:39 (5k), 2:34 (Mar); Multiple-time British Olympic Trials qualifier
Catherine Layne – UK, 15:19 (5k); 2000 British Olympic Trials 5k champion
Hannah Segrave – UK, 2:00.18 (800); Multiple-time British Olympic Trials qualifier
Charles Shimukowa – Zambia, 1:48.95 (800); Ranked No. 1 (800) in Zambia

Coach Layne, a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, competed as a sprinter collegiately, earning multiple Ohio Valley Conference podium finishes. He resides in Johnson City with his wife and daughter and their five pets.