Coach Bill Squires
GBTC celebrates the life of Coach Bill Squires who passed away on June 30th 2022. Squires was a founding member of the club in 1973, and served as our first coach, guiding many outstanding athletes during the club's formative years.
Pictured: Bill Squires with mentee and current GBTC coach Tom Derderian, and former UMass Amherst coach Ken O'Brien
Some of the many remembrances are shared here:
"My hope is that when I drop there'll be five or six guys around the United States who say, 'You know, that friggin' guy knew what he was doing.'"
- Bill Squires, as quoted in Runner's World in 2011.
