Joe Newton

Oh, yeah.

That was a – as Coach Joe Newton, I was a manager for Coach Newton from York High School on the cross-country team for the 14th and 15th state championships.

He's won a total of 29.

The ultimate master of motivation.

But I'm part of the thing that leads the charge.

I am there to motivate.

I'm there to be the Joe Newton.

I am there to be the Bobby Heen and the Jim Cornette to lead my champions, not athletes, champions to what they get.

reminds me of two stories.

One, here in Illinois, we have the great Joe Newton, who's now passed away, at York High School.

And very similar, you know, 17 state titles in a row and cross country teams of hundreds of kids.

And he believed, I remember someone asked him a question about like, you know, in this, well, you know, this in distance run, there's a lot of the big question about like, should they be on a lot of miles in high school or do you save that for college? And he was a high mileage high school coach.

And, uh, it was, it was, it was great.

Joe Newton talked, Joe Vigil.

Hmm.

And, uh, Danny Green of the Woodlands.

But pinnacle program in this sport.

Um, I recently had on Coach Bennett.

He's got so many stories there, both as an athlete and as a coach.

I really enjoyed hearing some of them when he came on the podcast.

But sort of paint the picture of this role, of this school, and how even, um, as much as you've contributed to the program, you're really just filling the shoes of those before you and preparing it for those who will come after you.

So CBA, Christian Brothers Academy, is a Lasallian school.

Um, it's, uh, it was founded in the late 1950s.

Uh, Tom Heath was the head coach there for 45 years.