Ron Martin

Ron Martin has been a health and physical education teacher for 30 years and a track and cross country coach for 47 years. He has spent his entire career working with children and young adults, helping them develop into better runners and ultimately better people.

He coached at Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Ohio at the start of his career—where his cross country team won the national championship in 1986. Ron has also coached at Columbian High School, Seneca East High School, Canal Winchester High School, Tiffin University, and Heidelberg University, all in Ohio.

Among the numerous awards Ron has won are the Noble County Goodwill Ambassador Award, the Marv Frye Award, and State Cross Country Coach of the Year for Ohio. He was also named League Coach of the Year and District Coach of the Year numerous times each and has received four different Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame inductions.

Ron started and operates Team Camp of Champs – summer running camps for high school cross country runners and their coaches – as a way of giving back to the sport he loves. He and his wife, Bev, live in central Ohio and are parents to five grown children and eight grandchildren.