January 12, 2025

When you take over a program that you used to be a part of, of course you are going to want to make it at least as good, or better, than when you were there. Ottawa High School Head Track and Field Coach, Darius Johnson, was a star at Ottawa High back in the early 2000’s. When he had a chance to be the coach of the program, he says he jumped at the chance:

Johnson talks about the past track season that saw two individual State Champions and six other medalists at the state meet, his athletes, both young and old, his coaches and a little about what motivated him to become a track athlete and now a coach, on this week’s Community Perspective. Tune in tomorrow morning at 8:04 to hear the entire conversation.