Colin Thomas
Head Coach Colin has been at the club as a runner and coach for over ten years. His favourite distance is the marathon. When he isn’t in Glasgow coaching runners of all abilities, he is in Kenya working with some of the world’s best, including Olympians and record holders. He was Scottish Athletics coach of the year in 2022.
Scott Mason
Since joining Bellahouston Harriers in 2019, Scott transitioned from a novice runner to a dedicated coach with a 10k personal best of 33:57. He encourages specificity in training, believing in doing more with less. After serving as the Coaching Coordinator for over three years, he now serves as the club's President, supporting the coaching team by seeking funding opportunities and helping to implement strategies to enhance the wider team's development. He still loves coaching on training nights when he can.
Donald MacLaren
Donald MacLaren has been running regularly since at least 1999, entering races since 2010 and coaching since 2022. He prefers longer runs and his running profile is best described as "consistent" rather than "fast". He is still chasing PBs.
June McLeod (Junior Head Coach)
June joined the Bellahouston Harriers in 2017. She occasionally leads the FFIT group when a coach wasn't available. In 2019 she took up the opportunity to train as a Level 1 Coaching Assistant; and since progressed to Level 2 Coach in Running Fitness. Around the beginning of 2023, June took on the role of Juniors Head Coach.
Tom Keenan
Toms’ principal aim is to try and help the club and its head coach and coaching coordinator to help deliver club session. He enjoys taking and helping with sessions and feel he is giving things back for the benefit of himself and the club. He has been coaching for six years and is a level 2 coach.
Becky
Becky has been a member of Bellahouston Harriers for over nine years and coaching since 2021 with the adult athletes and occasionally with the juniors. She started out competing in road races but likes to vary her challenges from shorter races to longer endurance challenges including hill and ultra races. She enjoys coaching with the club and finds it rewarding to see athletes progress through training and attain their own goals.
Marianne Wilson
Marianne became part of the Bella Harriers coaching team in 2021 as a way of contributing to the club. When coaching a session, she loves seeing how much effort and dedication everyone puts in. Seeing runners improve over the months and years, or take on new challenges, is so inspiring. As a runner herself, she enjoys training for endurance events from big city marathons to (relatively short) ultra marathons.
Simon Parkinson
Simon has been a member of the club since 2019, running all types of races from road to trail and up to a marathon. He completed the Coaching Assistant course in November 2023, primarily so that he would be able to support the rest of the team with the training sessions.
Carys
Carys is a level 1 coach and has been a member of the Bellahouston Harriers for 2 years. She is currently training for her first marathon in Edinburgh and loves attending both the Tuesday and Thursday sessions! She also a music teacher and lead the school’s athletics club. She loves all the community events and being a member of the committee too, and even participating in cross country events.
Deirdre Hoyle
Deirdre started running on 1st April 2000, and joined the Harriers when she retired from teaching. She is a Level One coach, usually acting as group leader with the FFITs, and also supervising the juniors as required.
