Howard Community College

Philippe DeRosier Jr. became head coach of Howard Community College's track & field and cross country teams in 2023. Under his watch, the Dragons won the 2023 NJCAA Region 20 Track & Field Championship, participated in the 2023 NJCAA Track & Field Nationals, and won the 2024 NJCAA Region 20 Men's Cross Country Championship!

A native of Howard County, Philippe competed for the Howard CC track & field team while going to school for general studies. He was a six-time NJCAA All-American, being inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 2014. After graduating from Howard, he went on to compete at Saint Augustine's University becoming a 10-time NCAA All-American, a four-time NCAA Division II national champion, and graduated with a B.S. in human performance and wellness.
 
After college, Philippe went on to work in the strength & conditioning industry, as well as coaching at Stevenson University as a strength and conditioning coordinator for the track team. Philippe would go on to found his own fitness management company, Prolific Performance LLC, that he owned and operated for over eight years in Hanover, MD where he successfully built the business to a top notch facility.
  
He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) while also being a certified level 1, 2, and 3 through the United States Association of Track & Field (USATF) as a sprints, hurdles, and relays coach.

DeRosier is already well established in the athletics department as the manager of fitness and recreation. In that role, he is responsible for running day-to-day operations involving the fitness center, managing the strength & conditioning efforts for the athletics department, as well as overseeing the recreational sports events at Howard CC.