Ricardo Santos

Ricardo Santos came to Stanford in August of 2019 and was named an assistance coach for the distance programs by J.J. Clark, the Franklin P. Johnson Director of Track and Field.

In his first Stanford cross country season, the Cardinal women were third and the men sixth at the NCAA Championships. Alex Ostberg, Alek Parsons, and Steven Fahy earned All-America honors for the men, as did Ella Donaghu, Jessica Lawson, and Fiona O'Keeffe for the women.

The Stanford women captured conference and regional titles in the same season for the first time since 2007. Stanford's women placed 1-2-3 at the Pac-12 Championships, doing so for the first time since 2006.

Santos comes to The Farm from Boston Athletic Association, where he has coached the high performance team since March of 2018. Prior to that, he was Director of Cross Country and Track and Field at Iona College from 2008-18, helping the men place second at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and earning eight other top-10 finishes. He also coached Kate Avery to the 2014 NCAA cross country title.