One of the best indicators of respect is how your peers rate you.  Beatty has been selected as cross country Coach of the Year eight times and track Coach of the Year sixteen times by his fellow coaches.  Even more impressive, he was voted the NWAACC Coach of the Year for all sports in 1995.

From 1990 to 1992, Larry served as assistant track coach and associate head coach for cross country at Western Oregon State College, where he coached seven All-Americans.

The 1994 season was the first track and field head coaching experience for Larry Beatty and he proved worthy of the position by guiding Clark College to its first track and field title since becoming a member of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC).  Proving this was no fluke his team won the title again in 1995.

He came to the Community Colleges of Spokane in the fall of 1996 to revive a once dominate program, and in his first year, his men won the NWAACC track title.  The men’s team has won the NWAACC championships ten out of the last twelve years and the women have won nine NWAACC Championships in the last twelve years.

Coach Beatty was an outstanding athlete in his own right.  He was the NWAACC Champion in the 400 hurdles while at Green River Community College in 1984.  He then attended the University of Portland where he ran 51.91 in the 400 hurdles.  After graduating from Portland he ran for Nike Oregon International where he ran 1:50.38 in the 800, 3:47 in the 1500 and 9:17 in the 3k steeplechase.

Coach Beatty’s enthusiasm is contagious and has contributed to a record number of participants in Spokane‘s track and field program.  Larry and his wife Brenda have three wonderful children, two sons, Hunter Joseph and Micah Alazar, and a daughter, Jaedyn Koral.  He is a faculty member in the Physical Education Department at Spokane Community College. 

Coach Beatty’s accomplishments in Track and Field:
 

275 NWAACC All-Americans

7 NAIA All-Americans

NWAACC Team Champions
2008 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2007 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2006 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2005 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2004 – Women’s Track and Field
2003 – Men’s Cross Country
2003 – Men’s Track and Field
2002 – Men’s Cross Country
2002 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2001 – Men’s Cross Country
2001 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2000 – Women’s Cross Country
1999 – Women’s Cross Country
1999 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
1998 – Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
1998 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
1997 – Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
1997 – Men’s Track and Field
1996 – Men’s Cross Country
1995 – Men’s Track and Field
1994 – Men’s Track and Field

Coach of the Year Honors
2008 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2006 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
2005 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
2004 – NWAACC Women’s Track and Field
2003 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
2002 – Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
2001 – NWAACC Men’s Cross Country
2001 – NWAACC Women’s Track and Field
2000 – NWAACC Women’s Cross Country
1999 – NWAACC Women’s Cross Country
1999 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
1998 – NWAACC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
1998 – NWAACC Men’s and Women’s Track and Field
1997 – NWAACC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
1997 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
1996 – NWAACC Men’s Cross Country
1996 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
1995 – NWAACC Jim Harryman’s Men’s Sports
1995 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
1994 – NWAACC Men’s Track and Field
1993 – NWAACC Men’s Cross Country