David Behm

David Behm enters his first year at the helm of the Women's Cross Country & Half Marathon program in the fall of 2025. Behm brings coaching experience at the junior high, high school, and college levels to the Parkland Women’s Cross Country & Half Marathon team. Behm is the former High School of St. Thomas More and Chrisman/Georgetown Men’s and Women’s Cross County Track & Field coach.  

David Behm, from Georgetown, Illinois, attended Southern Illinois University where he ran cross country and track at the NCAA Division I level. While at SIU-C, Behm earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in Cross Country. Behm later graduated from Shimer College and earned his teaching degree from Carthage College. Throughout that time, he maintained his involvement in distance running and coaching. He is involved with the Illinois Milesplit running webcast "Toe the Line".  He lives in nearby Sidney with his daughter who plays volleyball for Unity High School.Â