National Championship cross-country teams. He was named to the All-Conference CCAA team in 1966.
Graduating with a B.A. in Social Sciences with a P.E. minor, Rich started teaching in 1970.
He became the head cross-country and track coach in 1973 at Kearny High School. He was named Western and Eastern League coach of the year in 1975, 1976 and 1977 for cross-country. He was inducted into the Kearny High Hall of Fame in 2016.
While still teaching at Kearny, Rich moved over to Mesa College and served as head cross-country and assistant track coach from 1978 to 1984.
From the years 1985 to 2002, Rich assumed the position of Head Cross Country Coach at the University of San Diego, where he earned West Coast Conference honors as Coach of the Year in 1994, 1997 and 2002.
He has been a member of the San Diego Track Starters Association from 1982 to the present. During that tenure, Rich has also served as the Association's President. Rich is a certified USATF Master Level
Starter and Official in track and field and has served as a Meet Director for the World Police and Fire Games in track and field.
Rich, at the high school level, has been, for multiple years, a distinguished head starter and referee for both CIF Cross Country and Track and Field.
Collegiately, Rich has held the position of head starter for the the California Collegiate Athletic Association, Western Athletic Association, Pacific West Conference, West Coast Conference Track and/or Cross-Country finals, and the USATF Nationals in Cross-Country.
Rich and his wife Mary have been married for 52 years. They have a daughter, Miriam, son-in-law Ben and two young grandchildren, Theresa and Patrick.
