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Dave Martin has had success as a coach at pretty much every stop in his professional journey, starting when he was a student at Lane Community College, out of eligibility and asked by his coach if he'd like to help some of his former teammates.

Martin had been a cross-country runner and track athlete at LCC for two years, and he still had some classes to take before heading off to Oregon College of Education to complete his teaching degree.

"Al Tarpenning, who was the head coach there, asked me if I'd be interested in coaching distance runners during the spring. I got three of them to the...