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                    Bill Dennison is the head coach at Mentor High School of both the boys and girls teams.  This is his 8th year as the head coach of the girls team and his 7th  year as head coach of the boys team.  Prior to that, Coach Dennison was the assistant boys coach for 4 years.

       While coaching the Mentor High School girls team, Coach Dennison has led the team to four league championships and was named the LEL coach of the year in 2004, 2005 2008, and 2010.  He has led the girls team to the State finals in the last 2 years. 

While being the head coach of the Mentor High School boys team, Coach Dennison has led the team to six league championships and was named LEL Coach of the Year in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.  He has taken 4 boys team to the State meet, where they have finish 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 12th. He has also won 3 district and 1 regional championships.  

In 2006, Coach Dennison was named the OTFCCC District Coach of the Year, The News Herald Coach of the Year and named  the State Coach of the Year by the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches.  Also named The News Herald Coach of the Year in 2007,2008,and 2009.

Coach Dennison is a 1994 graduate of Mentor High School, where he was captain and MVP of the cross country team and captain of the track team. He attended Mount Union College where he ran cross country and track. While at Mount, Coach Dennison ran on teams that were nationally ranked every year and he is also a school and conference record holder.  

Coach Dennison is married to Terese and has 3 kids, Savannah 6,  Billy 4 and Brady 3 weeks.  He enjoys running (obviously) and spending his time outdoors.  
                 

Accomplishments Boys Team 2005-2007: 

Your overall record: 859 wins 146 loses with boys team in six years

                                  706 wins 296 loses with girls team in seven years

Record Last season:  145 wins 23 loses with boys team

                                   2 Invitational wins and 2^nd place finishes

                                   LEL and District Champs, 6th place Regional

                           130 wins 33 loses with girls team

                           4 Invitational wins and 1 2^nd place finish

                           LELChamps, District runner up, 4^th place Regional and 16^th place State

Coaching Accomplishments with the boys and girls teams the last 6 years

30 Invitational wins
28 Invitational Runner ups

 10 League Championships
95 All League Runners
 4 Individual League Champions

3 District Championships
5 District Runner ups
 
13 Regional qualifying teams
 6 Top four finishes at Regional
1 Regional Championship
8 All Regional Runners

                                    6 State qualifying teams (4-boys and 2-girls)

                                    3 All Ohio Runners

                                    31 Academic All Ohio Runners

                                    4 time News Herald Coach of the year

                                    2006 Ohio Cross Country Coach of the year