Patrick Henner begins his first season as the cross country coach and as an assistant coach in charge of the distances for the USC track and field team. 

Henner was the Georgetown director of track and field and cross country from 2007-15 and prior to that had spent eight seasons as the Hoyas’ head men’s cross country coach and assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field team.  During his time at Georgetown he built the program into one of the top tier programs in the country.  Georgetown’s women’s cross country team won the 2011 NCAA title  and five times finished inside the top 10 in the country, including fourth in 2010 and 2015 and fifth in 2013.  His men’s program finished in the top 10 at the NCAA Championships three times with seventh-place finishes in 2000 and 2006 and an eight-place finish in 2008. 

While at Georgetown he coached 24 individual cross country All-Americans, including Emily Infeld who was the 2010 cross country runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.  He guided Georgetown to four Big East cross country titles (2 women and 2 men) and three of his athletes won the individual title.  His teams won nine NCAA Mid-Atlantic  Region cross country team championships and he earned eight NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors.

In track and field Henner coached 108 All-Americans with 12 athletes garnering a top 5 finish at the NCAA Championships.  Georgetown won the 2012 Big East Women’s Indoor Track & Field team championship and he coached 61 conference individual and relay champions.