Head Coach

Tony Shrum

I am Tony Shrum, Varsity Cross Country and Track Coach, 1999 graduate of Bear Lake School. I started coaching Cross Country in 2012, and have coached track as a head coach, assistant coach and also as a volunteer beginning in 2010. I competed in track & field at Alma College in the early 2000’s, learning a lot more about the sport. I always enjoyed competing, but coaching brought on completely different challenges, which I find exciting. Both of these running sports require discipline and dedication from athletes. I started coaching both sports for many reasons, most notably that in each, you get out of it what you put into it, and unlike most other sports, you are competing against yourself more than you are competing against the other competitors on the course or track. I continue to coach, and always will, because of the athletes that we have in this school. I love seeing athletes grow, not only athletically, but also emotionally and spiritually.