Northwood cross country and track and field head coach Cameron Isenhour is officially stepping down after five years with the Chargers.
He will leave the program after the JDL Holiday Invitational indoor track meet Saturday.
In his Northwood tenure, Isenhour oversaw 50 new school records, 77 state qualifiers and six national qualifiers across cross country and indoor and outdoor track. He had five runners win individual state championships, one state champion relay team and 12 runners earning all-state honors.
Last spring, the men’s track and field team won its first conference championship since 1987.
“I describe my time at Northwood as definitely fun,” Isenhour said. “There was definitely a roller coaster with starting one season before COVID, and then COVID hit. Once we got past COVID it was pretty much highs the entire time.”
Other accolades include being a five-time conference coach of the year, twice each for men’s cross country and women’s outdoor track and once for men’s outdoor track. Isenhour also coached three girls conference runners of the year and one male conference field athlete of the year.
“I learned a lot, had a lot of fun. I thought the kids were great, and I really enjoyed helping them achieve their goals,” Isenhour said.
Isenhour said his favorite memory with the Chargers was when the girls track team won a conference championship in 2022. That was the team’s first conference title since 2001, and they did it with only 12 girls running in 13 out of 19 events.
“I thought it was pretty impressive that they got the job done with just 12 of them,” Isenhour said.
Isenhour started his coaching career at 19, coaching youth USATF and AAU club track. Before landing at Northwood, he coached at Belmont Abbey during the 2019 outdoor season.
After leaving Northwood, Isenhour plans on teaching marketing at Hickory Ridge High School in Harrisburg, North Carolina. He said it’s likely that he’ll continue coaching track there, but it’s not guaranteed.