Coach Bill Craig
Email: CoachCraig@thunderbolts.org
Phone: 678-482-5806

Coach Craig is entering his third season with the Thunderbolts. He and his wife Kathy have been married 21+ years and have four children they home-school - Andrew 19 (former Thunderbolt Athlete entering the Virginia Military Institute this fall), Sam 14, Isaac 8, and Abigail 6. He is a manager with US Postal Service. During his youth, Coach Craig played a little football and soccer. When he joined the military in 1982, he discovered running and quickly came to enjoy it. Before he knew it, Coach Craig ran a half-marathon, and soon after he also took up cycling. Coach Craig has coached soccer, baseball, and now with the Thunderbolts, cross-country. He and his son Andrew have become “endurance junkies” running their first marathon, completing a few triathlons, and are in training for a half-ironman (his son Andrew plans to beat him!!). Coach Craig loves running and enjoys coaching.

Coach Doug Rentz
Email: CoachRentz@thunderbolts.org
Phone: 770-761-9390

Coach Rentz is beginning his third year with the Thunderbolts. Doug and his wife Lisa have three lovely daughters, Caroline (16), Catherine (13) and Rebecca (9) whom they home-school. He works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, managing an information systems development project. He is a graduate of Valdosta State College (1982) with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. Coach Rentz played four years of college football and was an assistant college football coach for two years. The Rentz’s are members of Bethany Primitive Baptist Church in Tucker, Georgia. Coach Rentz enjoys spending time with his family, college football, rugby, reading, and helping young people improve.

Coach Esther Clark
Email: CoachEsther@thunderbolts.org
Mobile: 404-483-8730
Phone: 770-831-2540

Coach Esther has been involved with this team since day one, and is known for being involved in a zillion things and getting too little sleep! ? In her freshman year, Coach Esther helped start the Thunderbolt girls’ team and was one of the top Varsity Girls for the next four years. She never placed lower than 3rd place in a Varsity race and was the ACCE Varsity Girls State Champion twice. Her fondest memory was being part of the Thunderbolt Varsity Girl team that captured the ACCE State Championship title her senior year. A former home-school graduate herself, Esther enjoys the opportunity to give back to the home-school community and be involved with the Thunderbolt Athletes. Coach Esther stays more than busy with life, school, her nutritional business, coaching, politics, and running cross-country on scholarship with Brenau University.

Coach Hannah Garrison
Email: CoachHannah@thunderbolts.org
Phone: 678-546-6507

Coach Hannah considers it an “[honor] to be your assistant coach this year!” This is her seventh year with the team – five years as an athlete and two as a coach. She split her time between JV and Varsity and was a top runner on both teams. Her sophomore year was the pinnacle for her – she set the league and Thunderbolt record for Varsity Girls AND was the ACCE JV Girl State Champion. Tearing her ACL while playing soccer, slowed her down a bit, but nevertheless, she persevered and came back to run two more seasons as one of the Thunderbolts top, most determined girls. Coach Hannah is currently a sophomore at Perimeter College in Lawrenceville where she is ambitiously pursuing Linguistics, French, and Spanish. She hopes to eventually work with Wycliffe overseas as a Bible translator.