Bob Macfarlane enters his second year as the St. Bonaventure’s men’s and women’s cross country head coach after serving as the head varsity girls cross country coach at Bradford Area School District for the past seven years. 

He led the cross country team to a 66-4 dual meet record as well as five Pennsylvania District IX AAA titles and coached four individual district champions. Macfarlane coached five state qualifying teams and one state medalist.

Macfarlane served as the Bradford Area head girls’ track and field coach in 2008-09, but  was the assistant coach for the girls’ team for 13 years prior.  During his time at Bradford, he assisted the team to eight Pennsylvania District IX AAA Championships including a Pennsylvania State title in 1996.  Macfarlane was also the distance coach for the Bradford Indoor Track and Field team for eight years.

In 2003-04, Macfarlane had the chance to be the head coach for Team New York/Pennsylvania when they traveled to Australia for international meets.  Under his direction, the 2003 team won the international title.

Macfarlane has also been a teacher in Bradford since 1977 in both the secondary and elementary school as has been a lead teacher for the past three years.  He is an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, teaching World Regional Geography and Methods of Social Studies Teaching.

He graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary and secondary education with a concentration in history from St. Bonaventure in 1977 and received also his master’s of education from St. Bonaventure.  Macfarlane’s daughter, Heather, and son, Kyle, both reside in Los Angeles.