Coaches

All club coaches are volunteers. They are individuals who take their personal time to instruct and coach your child. Without their efforts this program would not be possible. 

Coach Matthew Chestnut is head coach and co-founder of Alpha Crush Running Club, a USA Track & Field (USATF) certified official (since 2010), a USATF Level 1 Coach (since 2008), a VDOT2 certified coach, and member of the USATF Georgia board of directors (since 2017).  Coach Matthew has been involved with youth running since 2007, originally with the SPIRIT Alpharetta (Georgia) YMCA and now with Alpha Crush, working with over 1300 youth athletes during his coaching career.  Coach Matthew has been an avid road and trail runner for 30+ years, with marathon and 50K trail runs his favorite events.

Coach Matthew has lived in Roswell since 1999.

This list represents current USATF members who have successfully completed all SafeSport Compliance requirements having:

USATF Volunteer and Administrator

Step 1 of 4 - A USATF membership application

Step 2 of 4 - Background Check: All coaches and volunteers who come in contact with youth athletes during registered club practices or other club-related track and field activities must submit a background check.

Step 3 of 4 - Complete SafeSport training

Step 4 of 4 - Change club affiliation

USATF Coach

To become registered a coach, you must follow the USATF Registered Coaches Program requirements.