Coaches

HEAD COACH - CHARLIE KERN - DISTANCE

Coach Kern has been the head coach of the boys track team since 2015 and was a York assistant coach in 1994 and from 2000-2008. Coach Kern was also the head boys track coach at Plainfield Central from 1996-1998. Coach Kern is responsible for overseeing the entire program and will work specifically with the distance runners.

ASSISTANT COACH - MICHAEL MURPHY - THROWS

Coach Murphy is a Physical Education teacher at Sandburg Middle School. He has been coaching the throwers at York for 15 years. Coach Murphy is also an assistant coach for the York Football Team.

ASSISTANT COACH - KEITH PETRANEK - POLE VAULT

Coach Petranek has been a volunteer pole vault coach since 1990. Coach Petranek has personally worked with 14 of the top 25 vaulters at York high school, including school record holder Nick Scarbossa.

ASSISTANT COACH - REED SUNDBERG - SPRINTS

Coach Sundberg has been coaching in the York boys track team since 2014 working with the sprinters.

ASSISTANT COACH - MARK TALBOT - SPRINTS/HURDLES

Coach Talbot is in his 10th year working with the York boys track team, working with the sprinters and hurdlers. Prior to coaching at York, Coach Talbot was a graduate assistant coach from 2012-2014 at Loyola University Chicago where he worked with the men's and women's sprinters, hurdlers and middle distance runners. Coach Talbot is a graduate of York where he was a member of the track & cross country teams.

ASSISTANT COACH - JIMMY ZARS - Horizontal Jumps & High Jump

Coach Zars has been a part of the coaching staff since 2021, and has coached Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, and High Jump. Coach Zars competed at Augustana College as a decathlete. Coach Zars is a graduate of York where he competed as a member of the cross country & track teams.

ASSISTANT COACH - PAT SHERIDAN

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