Bio

B.S., The College of William and Mary 

Brian Cunningham begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Wellesley Cross Country/Track and Field teams.   

Prior to his arrival in Wellesley, Cunningham coached Simmons College to a third-place team finish at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship in just his first season. Under his tutelage, four Simmons harriers placed in the top 15 at the GNAC title race.

Previous to Simmons, Cunningham has enjoyed a successful career in long distance running. He served as the Assistant Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Coach at The College of William and Mary from 2003-2005, where he worked with middle and long distance runners. The Tribe men qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships twice during his tenure. Cunningham also assisted with five competitors who were chosen to compete for Team USA at various international events. He also spent one year at The University of Texas-Pan American, where he oversaw the team's distance/middle distance runners, coaching one athlete to two All-America honors (Keating: XC, 10,000m).

In addition to coaching on the collegiate level, Cunningham has coached as a part of the PR Training Programs in Virginia, where he supervised various athlete groups training for competitions from five kilometers to 50 miles in distance.  

Cunningham also enjoyed a successful stint on the high school level, serving as an Assistant Coach for Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where he helped the girls cross country team capture the state championship in addition to winning numerous individual regional/state titles in both cross country and track and field. He helped guide the girls 4X800 meter relay team to an eighth-place finish at the prestigious Penn Relays.  Cunningham also saw his girls distance medley relay squad place sixth at the Indoor National Scholastics. 

Previously, Cunningham was the Head Coach at the Winsor School in Boston, where he oversaw the inception of the cross country program. The program flourished right away, winning the conference championship as well as an individual title in just its first season. Cunningham was honored as the 2001 Eastern Independent League Coach of the Year for his efforts.  While at Winsor, Cunningham volunteered for three years with the John Hancock Elite Athletes program.  Additionally, through the FILA Boston Training Camp, Cunningham trained and raced with numerous Kenyan athletes.

Cunningham received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from The College of William and Mary and was and IC4A qualifier and conference scorer for the Tribe. He and his wife, Michelle, make their home in Tiverton, RI.