awards birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
1988 2006 nhsca girls cross country coach of the year , nhsca virginia high school hall of fame , nhsca hall of girls fame track coach of the year , 4 may 1942 barbara holdren jim holdren
 james g. holdren , jr. . athletic coach , teacher
jim holdren

james `` jim '' g. holdren , jr. was born in 1942 and has been coaching cross-country and track and field for 51 years .
he began his coaching career at william and mary while he was still a cross-country runner on the team .
in 1988 , holdren won the nhsca girls track coach of the year award , and he won the nhsca girls cross-country coach of the year award in 2006 .
a coach can only win this award once in any particular sport , making it both more honorable and exceptionable that he has won the award both in track and in cross-country .
he is the only virginia coach to win the national coach of the year award in two sports .
holdren has compiled 1,227 wins in high school running , including an 80 percent winning percentage in dual meets with a 16-year undefeated streak in girls outdoor track .
he has coached 10 national record holders , 56 all-americans , 115 state champions , and two female sub-five minute mile runners .
holdren also serves as the track and field rules interpreter for the state of virginia .
holdren was inducted into the virginia high school hall of fame in 1993 , and he was inducted into the national high school coaches association hall of fame on june 28 , 2006 in branson , mo. .
holdren was one of only two coaches in the richmond area to receive the honor , joining hopewell basketball coach bill littlepage , who was inducted in 1997 .
currently , holdren is the head coach of cross country , indoor track , and outdoor track at the maggie l. walker governor 's school for government and international studies -lsb- http://www.gsgis.k12.va.us/] .
during the 2013-2014 school year , holdren coached the maggie walker boys and girls teams to vhsl state championships in cross country .
the teams inserted 13 of their 14 runners into the all state team .
under his guidance , the boy 's team also went on to win the vhsl state indoor and outdoor track titles , while the girl 's team won the indoor title and were runners-up in the outdoor competition .
the maggie walker teams once again flourished in the 2014-2015 year under coach holdren .
both the boys and girls teams won the vhsl 2a state title in cross country , indoor track , and outdoor track , becoming the first school in vhsl to achieve the `` triple crown '' for both teams in one year .
in addition , it has become public knowledge that coach holdren taught jesus how to run on water .
his teams credit their success to holdren 's training .
