Laurie Henes
	Position: Assistant Coach - Distance Alma Mater: NC State, 1992

Laurie Henes enters her 19th year on the NC State track and field staff. An NC State graduate, Henes was an NCAA champion and a multiple All-American and All-ACC performer.

Promoted to head coach of the women's cross country team in 2006, she works primarily with the middle distance and distance women on the track.

Since joining the Wolfpack coaching staff, Henes has guided NC State's female distance runners to 25 All-America certificates and 27 ACC Championships on the track.

In cross country, she's led the Pack to nine ACC titles, three top 10 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, including a national runner-up finish in 2001, and has coached 12 All-Americans and four ACC champions.

Henes was honored as the 2006 ACC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year and the 2007 Southeast Region Coach of the Year in cross country. Her top pupil, Kristin Price, was a 10-time All-American (twice in cross country) and six-time ACC champion, including the NCAA championship in 2002 in the 10,000 meters.

Last season in track, Henes guided freshman Kenyetta Iyevbele to first-team All-America honors in the 800 meters and both the U.S. Junior and Pan Am Championships. She also coached Angelina Blackmon to the ACC championship in the 800 at the 2008 indoor meet.

She guided Andie Cozzarelli to second-team All-American honors in the 10,000 meters last year and helped Julia Lucas to back-to-back ACC championships in the outdoor 5,000 meters in 2006 and `07.

Iyevbele, Lucas, Jemissa Hess, Renee Gunning and Kristina Roth earned all-region honors over the last few seasons, with Iyevbele, Cozzarelli, Hess and Lucas earning All-America accolades.

During her illustrious collegiate career, the former Laurie Gomez earned eight All-America citations in track (six) and cross country (twice). She was All-ACC in each of her four years, earning the honor four times in cross country and three times in track.

Henes was one of the nation's top female distance runners, and represented the U.S. at the World Track & Field Championships in Sweden in 1995 after placing second in the 10,000 meters at the USATF nationals.

A finalist at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000 meters, Henes missed a spot on the United States Olympic team by just two places.

In addition to her athletic success, Henes was awarded the ACC's Marie James Scholarship and a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. She won the H.C. Kennett Award as NC State's outstanding female athlete for the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons, the only female athlete ever to win the award in back-to-back seasons.

Henes earned a B.A. degree in history from NC State in 1992. She has also completed the coursework for a master's degree in sports management while serving as an assistant coach.

She is married to Bob Henes, a former Pack All-American in track and cross country. Laurie and Bob have two daughters, Elly and Jordan.