Meet Our Team.

Steve Dudley

Leader of Performance

26+ years of T&F experience
Coached T&F at Mississippi State University:
- Directly coached 7 Olympians since 2002
- Coached 11 NCAA Champion
- Coached 11 NCAA Runner-ups
- Coached 209 All-American Performances
- Coached 71 individual All-Americans
- Coached 1 World Champion and 1 World Runner-Up
Blue & Gold Personal Coaching:
- Since May 2019 the company has produced 42 individual state champions, 9 High School All-Americans, 1 National Champion, and 102 All-State performances.

Greg Echols

Leader of Mentorship

Graduate of Mountain Brook High School and the University of South Alabama
Coached 68 State Titles
15 years as Mountain Brook HS head coach:
- 31 state championships—17 in cross country, 12 in indoor track and 2 in outdoor track
Prior to that his junior high and freshman teams won 22 state titles. With a nationally-recognized program, his boys 4x800 indoor relay team won the NIKE national championship in 2006 and his girls were runner-up to the fastest team in history the following year.
He has served on the AHSAA track committee since 1993 and as state meet director for indoor track since 1994, for cross country from 1992-1995 and for multi-events since 1999.
With a real love for his sport and his students, he tries to teach life lessons each day.

Richard Riley

Owner