Cross Country Coaches

Tyler Nugent, Head Coach

Coach Nugent is entering his 17th year coaching distance runners. In addition to serving as the Head Cross Country Coach, he is the Assistant Track & Field Coach overseeing distance events at Peninsula High School.

Coach Nugent has coached a total of twelve teams at the WIAA State Cross Country Championships. His most accomplished team, the 2022 PHS Girls, placed 6th at the 3A State Meet. On the track, he has coached thirteen individual State qualifiers, including four podium finishers. Coach Nugent's athletes have set PHS school records in the Girls 800, 1600, 3200, and DMR.

Prior to arriving at PHS, Coach Nugent coached distance runners at Auburn Mountainview and Kentridge High Schools. He is a 2001 graduate of PHS and a 2005 graduate of Pacific Lutheran University. He competed in Cross Country and Track for both schools and continues to compete locally in road and track races. Coach Nugent teaches in the Social Studies Department at PHS and lives in Tacoma with his wife and daughters.

Dylan Hall, Assistant Coach

Dylan Hall is a PHS graduate and alumni of the Track and Field/Cross Country program. From 2012-2021 Dylan was a strength and conditioning coach at the University of Nevada and the University of Washington. Dylan has worked extensively with track and field/cross country over his career and is excited to be coaching at his alma mater. Dylan is also Peninsula's Head Track & Field coach, working primarily with the sprinters. Dylan currently lives in Auburn with his wife and their two daughters.

Favorite Quote - "The separation is in the preparation"- Chris Petersen

Travis Leadbetter, Assistant Coach

Coach Leadbetter moved to the Key Peninsula with his wife in 2024. An Oregon native, Coach Leadbetter ran cross country and track at Southridge High School in Beaverton where he graduated in 2016. After high school, he started focusing on road races, running distances from 5k up to the marathon while attending Johns Hopkins University. Coach Leadbetter is currently studying remotely as a doctoral candidate in applied math at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hannah Gilman, Assistant Coach

Coach Gilman graduated from PHS in 2009 & went on to get her Bachelors in Nursing from Pacific Lutheran University.

Hannah has been an assistant track & field coach for two years & is a former four year varsity & state meet track athlete; being the third leg in the 4x1 & 4x2 school record holding relay teams from 2008. After high school she has run five half marathons & completed a marathon in 2023.

Hannah has been a labor & delivery nurse for 10 years in the Tacoma area, where she lives with her spouse & furry kids. When not coaching or delivering babies she enjoys traveling & hopes to keep exploring more countries & cultures.

Adison Richards, Assistant Coach

Adison has coached at PHS since 2021. He graduated from Peninsula in 2010. He ran for four years on the cross country and track teams. Adison went on to the University of Washington and while in school, he worked at Super Jock ‘n Jill Running and Walking for three years, was a manger for UW track and field, officiated indoor track, and was a volunteer coach at Ingraham High School.

Adison then went on to law school at Villanova University in Philadelphia, returned to Gig Harbor after graduation, and married Shannon who he met in law school. He has been a lawyer for three years at a statewide non-profit. Adison has completed a marathon in Eugene, and the Seattle to Portland bike ride in one day. His favorite race ever remains watching his teammates place second in the state cross country meet in 2009. Adison’s favorite sports quote is, “success is the peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”- John Wooden.

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