Mark Albaugh
Title: Head Cross Country Coach

Mark D. Albaugh, of Uhrichsville, has been hired as the coach for cross country and track and field at Kent State University at Tuscarawas.  He has 28 years of coaching experience at Claymont, Dover and Garaway schools. He received the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Fred Dafler Career Coach of the Year award in 2006 for Girls Cross Country and in 2009 for Boys Cross Country. In 2013, he was named to the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame.

In addition to his coaching career, Albaugh is employed by Claymont Schools as a junior high school science teacher.

Albaugh’s successful coaching career includes both boy’s and girl’s high school teams in track and cross country. His teams have won titles at the league, district and regional levels. He has coached 11 state champions and three cross country teams that finished as state runner-ups. His 1994 Dover girls cross country team was ranked fourth in the nation. He also was the Dover Girls Distance Coach for the 1995 track team that won the state title.  Fifty-eight of his athletes have been named All-Ohioans, with another 14 receiving the distinction of Academic All-Ohioans.