"This is the second article 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.
First article in series: Young couple takes on the demands of high school coaching
The series will conclude with retired coach Jim Kilbreth.
GREER -- Karen Cummings coached high school girls' cross country in the early stages of her marriage to Eric. That job ended with the birth of their first child, but, 16 years later, cross country remains a big part of the family's life.
Eric is in his 10th year as cross country coach at Riverside High. He has led a program that over the past decade has consistently ranked at or near the top in the state. The Class AAAA boys and girls teams swept the 2014 state championships, the fifth overall for Cummings spanning a 20-year high school coaching career.
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GREER -- Karen Cummings coached high school girls' cross country in the early stages of her marriage to Eric. That job ended with the birth of their first child, but, 16 years later, cross country remains a big part of the family's life.