Bryan Westfield
Pioneer High School
Impact Statement
“To say he went the extra mile with his students is an understatement. He was there for kids on the track as their coach, but he was so far beyond that.” -E. Claar, AD
Biography
“Bryan Westfield has had Ann Arbor Pioneer competing at the very top levels of track and field from coast-to-coast for the past two decades,” said NHSCA executive director Bob Ferraro. “The NHSCA is proud to recognize Coach Westfield as the National High School Track Coach of the Year.”
Westfield has coached Pioneer High to 16 state championships and six runner-up finishes since 1985. He also has won three Cross Country State Championships and six runnerup finishes. Westfield has also won more than a dozen state high school coach of the year awards through the duration of his career. Individually, he coached 243 All-State Track and Cross-Country runner recipients and 59 All-Americans
Westfield was quite the athlete himself. He was a varsity letter winner in Track and Football, where he did both at Cornell University. He competed in the hurdles at the Olympic Trials and was a team member on the developmental squad for the New York Giants.
In 2009 the running track at Pioneer High School was named in his honor for his commitment to Pioneer and the community.
After completing his 37th season as coach, Westfield passed away in July of 2015 after a battle with esophageal cancer.
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Community Service
Bethel AME Church
NAACP
Mentoring program through the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Youth Track Club
