Sutton
Gary leads the women’s endurance track program at USA Cycling. With more than 25 years of coaching experience, Sutton has a distinctive track record in the sport. Most recently, he was the Women's Track Endurance Coach for Cycling Australia, serving in that role since 2010 and achieving international success at the highest level with multiple athletes across multiple events. Highly respected for his technical skills, Gary is equally praised for his commitment to individual athletes and focus on developing good people – not just great athletes. Prior to coaching, he was an outstanding elite cyclist in his own right having competed in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games and winning the amateur World Championship in the Points Race. Gary is based at the USA Cycling headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Griffin
Craig returns to USA Cycling in the role of Senior Track Director. He brings 33 years of elite coaching experience leading Track Endurance programs for USA Cycling, U.S. Paralympics, Canada, Japan National and Olympic Teams. He brings a wealth of knowledge and high achievement as an 8-time Olympic coach with numerous podium successes. In 1994, Craig coached the US Men’s Pursuit Team to an historic first ever World Championship medal. He led the U.S. Paralympic Team to win the cycling nations medal count at the London 2012 Paralympic Games and was awarded Team USA's highest coaching recognition award, the Order of Ikkos, as well as coaching athletes to Olympic medals for Canada (Rio 2016) and Japan (Tokyo 2020). Craig has a critical eye for high performance environments and athlete development using a blend of hard earned practical experience and acumen to develop world class programming for sustained competitive excellence. Prior to his first national coaching job with USA Cycling in 1990, Craig competed for Team New Zealand on both the road and track teams. Craig is thrilled to be back in Colorado Springs with his family and is looking forward to the challenge of improving upon the international successes of USA Cycling’s track program.
Hailstone
Jono Hailstone, a seasoned cycling coach since 2010, began his career with the New Zealand Junior Men’s road team, achieving notable successes at international events. He later transitioned to the New Zealand Para-Cycling program, earning medals at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and leading athletes to multiple World Championship titles throughout the years.
Jono then worked with the Women’s Endurance program at Cycling New Zealand before taking the opportunity to be the head coach for Cycling Canada’s Men’s Endurance team. He secured achievements such as a bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and qualified the first Canadian Men’s Team Pursuit to the Olympics in 45 years. Notably, the team recorded their best result in 89 years at the Tokyo Olympics.
In 2023, he joined USA Cycling to take on a similar mission: creating an Olympic-caliber Men’s Endurance program for Team USA.
Miller
A successful professional cyclist in his own right, Jim coached several cyclists on the side and eventually retired from racing in 1999 to focus solely on his flourishing coaching career. After developing several notable cyclists, he originally came to USA Cycling to run the women’s road program in 2002. After earning Coach of the Year distinctions from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee in 2003 & 2004, Jim was promoted to director of endurance programs, overseeing the development of American junior, U23, and women endurance athletes in road and track cycling. After making significant strides toward the USA Cycling National Development Program’s goal of developing the next generation of American cyclists, he was named Vice President of Athletics in 2010. In 2017, Jim left USA Cycling to become the Vice President of Business Development for Training Peaks. Unable to resist the Olympic call, he returned to USA Cycling in 2020 as the Chief of Sport Performance. He has earned the International Olympic Committee’s highest honor for coaches, the Order of Ikkos, three times, all for coaching 3-time Olympic Champion Kristen Armstrong to victory.
Mayfield
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri; Robert dove head first into racing at the Penrose Park Velodrome. His love for competition and the people at the track made him commit full-time to reaching his own potential and helping other riders reach theirs. After eventually relocating to Colorado Springs, CO, Robert was given the opportunity to work with high performance programs and the local cycling community at the historic Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center Velodrome.