Coach Michael Miragliuolo is in his 7th season as the Head Cross Country Coach at Green Hope High School. The team has built a tradition of excellence in a relatively short amount of time, as the school is in its 9th year of existence, yet has fielded the largest cross country team in the state and one of the largest in the nation for the past 6 years. In his 7 years at the helm, the Falcons have built an impressive list of accomplishments.

The men's team has an overall record (wins and losses vs. individual teams) of 675-124, has won 6 straight Tri-7/Tri-8 Conference Titles and 4A Mideast Regional championships in 2003, 2004 and 2007 (with a runner-up finish in 2002). The women's team has an overall record of 659-103 during the same period, and won 5 straight Tri-7/Tri-8 Conference Titles from 2002 through 2006 as well as back-to-back Regional titles in 2003 and 2004. Coach Miragliuolo was named Tri-7/Tri-8 Boys Coach of the Year in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006, and was named Girls Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Both teams compete in the top invitational meets in North Carolina, including the Western North Carolina Cross Country Carnival, the Adidas Invitation at SAS Soccer Park, the Seahawk Invitational in Wilmington, the Tanglewood Invitational and the Greensboro Invitational.

Coach Miragliuolo was born in Kingstree, South Carolina, but moved to Bangor, Maine, where he graduated from John Bapst Memorial High School. He played varsity basketball (3 years), varsity baseball (4 years), varsity golf(1 year) and ran varsity cross country (3 years - PR: 17:12). He graduated from the University of Tennesee (BA History). After graduation, he taught for 5 years at John Bapst Memorial High School and coached the basketball, baseball and soccer teams.

Coach Miragliuolo came to Green Hope in 2001, where he teaches several history and civics classes. In addition to coaching Cross Country, he also serves as an Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball coach and the Head Varsity Baseball Coach.

Coach Miragliuolo lives in Cary and spends much of his summer travelling.

Coach Roger Collins is in his 3rd year as an Assistant Cross Country Coach at Green Hope, where he also serves as an Assistant Track and Field Coach. He spent 5 years in the Washington, DC area coaching Track and Cross Country at the middle school, high school and Junior Olympic levels. He is a certified USA Track and Field Level 1 coach.

Coach Collins grew up and attended high school in Hanover, Pennsylvania, where he ran track at Hanover High School (3200, hurdles and relays). He ran Cross Country for one year at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, PA before transferring to the Pennsylvania State University, where he received a BA in History with a minor in Spanish.

Coach Collins' Boys Track team won the Tri-8 Conference title in 2007 and was Conference Runner-up in 2008. They finished finished 3rd in the 2007 4A Mideast Regionals, and 4th in the 2008 4A Mideast Regionals. 39 athletes from both Girls and Boys teams qualified for Regionals in 2007, with 14 moving on to the 4A State Meet. In 2008, 26 athletes qualified for Regionals, with 9 moving on to the 4A State Meet.

Coach Collins lives in Raleigh, where he enjoys travelling and following Penn State football when he is not coaching.