FERRUM, Va. -- Director of Athletics Abe Naff has announced the hiring of Mark White as Head Cross Country Coach at Ferrum College. White began work at Ferrum on February 9, and will handle both the men's and women's teams.

White comes to Ferrum from Radford University, where he served as Assistant Track & Field Coach for nine years from 2007-15. While there, he helped lead the Highlanders to a number of Big South Conference individual event titles. He coached several USA Junior National Championship qualifiers, as well as USA National Championship qualifiers, a two-time All-American and an athlete who won the silver medal for the United States in the 2014 NACAC Championships in Canada. White served dual roles at Radford, as recruiting coordinator and overseeing middle distance, sprints, relays and hurdles. He is USA Track & Field Level Two certified in combined events.

Prior to Radford, White taught and coached at Middlesex High School in Saluda, Virginia, for 11 years. During that time, he filled a variety of athletics capacities, including six years as the school's Athletics Director. He also served as the Head Football Coach and Head Track & Field Coach, starting the indoor track program. Under his guidance, the Middlesex boys track and field program won three Tidewater District Championships, the 2006 Region A Championship and a state runner-up finish 2006. White earned three Tidewater District Coach of the Year honors and was named Region A Coach of the Year in 2006.

White received his bachelor's degree in 1996 from Ferrum, where he played baseball four years under Naff from 1991-95. He also served a year as an Assistant Coach under Naff in 1996. White earned his master's degree from Ohio University in 2006. He and his wife Maggie, who serves as Ferrum's Assistant Softball Coach, reside in nearby Dublin, Virginia, with the daughters, Abigail and Annabelle.