Coach Todd Black is set to begin his 23rd season as the St. John's Jesuit Head Cross Country Coach in 2025. In recent years, Coach Black and the Titans won the 2019 TRAC Championship and placed third at the District Championship. In 2020 and 2021, the Titans finished second overall in the TRAC.
During the 2014 season, Coach Black led the Titans to a 14th overall finish in the state.
Under Coach Black's watch, SJJ has earned nine league championships, made seven trips to the OHSAA state championship meet and finished runner-up at the state meet in 2006.
Numerous Titan runners have won league championships, earned all-league and All-Ohio distinctions and 11 have gone on to run at the collegiate level. There are very few programs in Ohio which have produced as many runners who pursued running at the college level.
Coach Black's running career was distinguished with numerous All-MAC honors in cross country and track while at Bowling Green State University. He was the MAC 1500 meter track champion. On a national level, he was a track All-American in 1993 and a 1996 Olympic trails finalist in the 800 meter and clocked in at 1:46.00. In 2004, Black was inducted into the Bowling Green State University Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 2014, he was inducted into the Hardin County Athletic Hall of Fame.
As a 1993 graduate of BGSU in Psychology and Sociology and 2013 earned his Master's degree in School Counseling, he serves as the chair of the Counseling Department at SJJ and stresses sportsmanship, academics and team unity. SJJ runners regularly earn all-academic honors and represent SJJ well both in and out of the classroom. Additionally, Coach Black assists with freshmen basketball and track.
