XC Coaches

Head Boys Coach-Richard Dafoe

Coach Dafoe begins his sixteenth season as the head cross country coach at Red River in 2023. Dafoe is also an assistant coach with Red River’s track and field team and was named the State Boys Coach of the Year in 2015 and in 2017.

Assistant Coach-Brent Dorsey

Coach Dorsey returns to the RR Coaching Staff in 2024 for his sixth season. Dorsey ran for the Air Force Academy collegiately, competing in cross-country and track and field for the Falcons. After one season with the XC team, he specialized in the middle distances (400m-1500m) on the track. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force in January of 2019, where he held the position of Deputy Group Commander of Global Hawk Operations. In the spring, Dorsey is in charge of the middle-distance athletes for the boys track team.

Assistant Coach-Hunter Kopff

Coach Kopff returns in 2024 for his second season with the XC team. He ran collegiately at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD. Hunter grew up in Monticello, MN and teaches science at Red River. His wife Nicole is the head girls XC coach at RRHS.