This is the first in a three-part series looking at the high school cross country coaching profession in South Carolina. We've asked three coaches and their wives to talk about the rewards and challenges of the coaching profession, how the job impacts them and their families and how they have adjusted to the demands, and how high school coaching has evolved over the years in the state.
GREENVILLE -- Jonathan and Katie Smith are relatively new to high school cross country coaching, but they seem comfortable with the rewards and challenges that come with the job as they try to balance the coaching life with their young relationship.
The young couple had been friends for the past several years, having elevated that relationship into marriage just this past summer. Both will tell you it's been an exciting, yet busy year, made even more so with the demands of building a high school running program essentially from scratch.
Jonathan is in his second year at Southside High, a 3A Region 2 school...