Coaching Staff

Coach Baron is a eighth year coach with the AHS XC team, and 6th year as the women's head coach, and 2nd year head coach over the entire program. She also is the distance track coach at AHS. She obtained all her degrees up to her Specialist from Kennesaw State University in Mathematics Education.
Coach Baron began running in middle school on both cross country and track teams at Jefferson HS and has continued running ever since. These days her training consists of running, biking, strength training, and yoga. Her coaching goal is to empower young adults to empower each other and feel/believe they're strong and can do tough things.

Coach Phillips is a fourth year XC coach with AHS. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Georgia, and his PhD in History Education from Auburn University. He began running track and cross country in middle school and was a Varsity runner at Chattahoochee High School. He has completed 5 marathons and regularly participated in the Peachtree Road Race. He also is the Head Coach of women's soccer at AHS.