Name: Dave Scott-Thomas
Hometown: Guelph, ON

Director, National Endurance Centre- Guelph, 2001- present
Head Coach, University of Guelph, Guelph 1997-present
Speed River Track and Field Club, 1997-present

Scott-Thomas has developed one of the premiere collegiate programs and one of the top overall endurance groups in the country at the University of Guelph. His teams have set numerous OUA/CIS records, winning eighteen OUA titles and fifteen CIS titles in the past eleven years. Scott-Thomas is a fourteen-time OUA and fourteen-time CIS Coach of the Year as well as being a two-time Fox 40 OUA Coach of the Year-all sports receipient (2002-2003, 2007-2008) and Ontario High Performance Coach of The Year (2007). He has worked with numerous All-Canadians, National medalists and champions, and National Team members.

National team coaching:
- World University Games (Head Coach), Belgrade, SER, 2009
- World Cross-country Championships (Head Coach), Fukuoka, JPN, 2006
- Athletics Canada European Tour, 2006
- World Track and Field Championships, Helsinki, FIN, 2005
- World University Games (Head Coach), Izmir, TUR, 2005
- World Cross-country Championships, St. Etienne, FRA, 2005
- World Cross-country Championships, Lausanne, SUI, 2003
- World University Cross-country Championships, ESP, 2002
- World Track and Field Championships, Edmonton, AB, 2001
- Beijing Ekiden, Beijing, CHN, 2001
- NACAC Under-25 Championships, Monterey, MEX, 2000
- World Cross-country Champs, Belfast, IRL, 1999
- NACAC Junior Meet, Grand Cayman, 1998
- Chiba Ekiden, Chiba, JPN, 1997
- Olympic Games (Observer Coach), Atlanta, USA, 1996

Other coaching experience:
- Master/mentor Coach
- Coaching Education Director, Commonwealth Centre for Sport Development, Victoria
- Instructor, International Coaching School, Victoria

Education:
- Diploma of Coaching, Track and Field, National Coaching Institute-Victoria
- Level IV Middle-Distance Running, Level 2 Sprints
- Level I - IV Technical Course Conductor
- Level I, II Theory Course Conductor
- Bachelor of Education, Faculty of Education, Queen's University
- Master of Science (Environmental Physiology), University of Guelph
- Bachelor of Science (Honours, Biology), University of Guelph

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