NYTCA Officers

Ron Williams (Decatur, GA)

Founder/President-CEO/Head Coach - D.C. Express Track Club Inc.

President – USA Track & Field National Youth Track Coaches Association

Ron Williams has devoted countless hours over the past 36 years to the development of youth in the sport of Track and Field. His mission has always been to provide youth student-athletes the opportunity to maximize their individual talent in the area of track and field while preparing themselves to succeed in life through acquiring higher education. In1984, Ron founded the D.C. Express Track Club which continues to promote his vision to this day.

The D.C. Express Track Club program, with Ron as head coach, has won an impressive number of USATF Youth Individual and Team Championships in sprints, hurdles, throws, distance and jumps.

He has received numerous accolades as well as positions of leadership within USA Track & Field, USA Track & Field Georgia and the community. 

It is impossible to list them all, however here are just a few highlights:

1986-87 Volunteer Assistant Coach for Georgia Tech Women’s Program

1995 “Coach of the Year” – USATF Georgia Award of Excellence

1996 USATF Youth Committee "Frank Sevigne Award" recipient for outstanding contribution to Youth Athletics

Field of Play Marshall and Warm-up Track Coordinator @Olympic Stadium/Summer Olympic Games and US Olympic Trials

Manager of the Mixed Zone for the Para-Olympic Games

2001 Head Coach – IAAF World Youth Athletics Track and Field Championships – 1st Place (of 166 countries), Debrecen, Hungary (1st USA World Youth Team Championship)

2002 “Coach of the Year” – USATF National Youth Track Coaches Association (South Zone)

2007 Judo Brown Outstanding Dedication Award – Atlanta Track Club

2008-09 “Coach of the Year” (Female Sport) – Henry County/Stockbridge High School

2009 Assistant Manager/Relay Coach – IAAF World Youth Championships, Bessanone, Italy (USATF World Championship)

2012 USATF National Youth Chair’s Award

2014 “Coach of the Year” – USATF National Youth Track Coaches Association (South Zone)

Head Coach – Team USA/Youth Olympic Team – 2nd Youth Summer Olympic   Games – Nanjing, China

USATF Georgia President’s Award

Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Region Assistant Coach of Year (Stephenson High School)

2016 Men’s Head Manager for Team USA, North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association U23 Championships, San Salvador, El Salvador

2018  Event Manager - IAAF/USA World Indoor Championships Team - Birmingham, England

2023   

Men’s Head Manager - USA NACAC U23 Team - San Jose, Costa Rica

James E. Smith (Chandler, AZ)

* Current Head Coach / Founder Arizona Flames Track Club (265 All Americans)

* Current Head Coach Westwood High School Track & Field, Mesa, AZ

* Current USATF AZ Youth Chair (5 years)

* Developed athletes to State, Region, and National records, World Junior Pan Am team

* 2017 NYTCA Zone Coach of the Year, USATF AZ Bill Sawyer Award

* Past USATF AZ Masters Chair (14 years)  

* Past Boys and Girls Club Mesa Branch Board of Directors President (6 years)

* Past Owner / Operator 2 national franchises in sports leagues and food industry (15 years)  

* Retired Semiconductor Logistics and Manufacturing Operations Manager for Motorola & Freescale (21 years)

* Married 25 years to Felissa with 2 children. Jalissa graduated from GCU. James currently competes with Texas A&M Track & Field

* Still likes to train and compete in USATF masters hurdle events (4 x National Champion) and travel

Keith Combs (Houston, TX)

· Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma; Resides in Conroe Texas

· Collegiate Sprinter/Long Jumper at Eastern Oklahoma State and Drake University

· USATF Coach since 1995

· Member of Track Houston Youth Track Club (THYTC)

· Coached numerous Youth AAU and USATF National Champions

· 2009 NYTCA Youth Coach of the Year for the South Zone

· Former THYTC Co-Head Coach 

· Former USATF Southwest Vice Zone Representative 

· 2015 USATF Assistant Manager for the IAAF World Youth Team 

· 2015 USATF Youth Specialization Clinic Panel Member

· Former NYTCA Vice Chair

· USATF National Official

Ronda G. Broome (Georgia)