Andrew Dorr started coaching at Roberts as a Volunteer Assistant in 2008. He and his wife, Jennifer, served as co-Head Cross Country Coaches starting in 2011. And then in September 2018, Dorr was elevated to his current role of Director of Cross Country and Track & Field.
Coach Dorr is responsible for overseeing all four programs (Men's/Women's Cross Country and Men's/Women's Track & Field), though his primary coaching duties are with the distance runners throughout Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field.
Entering 2026, Coach Dorr has led the Men’s and Women's Cross Country programs to 11 straight East Coast Conference (ECC) Championships. He has also been named ECC Cross Country Coach of the Year for 13 straight seasons. In all, Dorr has accumulated 26 conference coach of the year awards in his career.
Dorr led the Women’s Cross Country Program to consecutive National Christian College Athletic Association national titles in 2013 and 2014 and also earned NCCAA DI Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year alongside his wife in both of those years. He was also named NCAA DII Cross Country East Region Coach of the Year by USTFCCCA in 2014 and 2019 after the Women’s (14) and Men’s (19) Cross Country Teams won East Region Championship Titles.
In 2021, Dorr was named Men’s DII Indoor Track & Field East Region Coach of the Year.
Nationally, the Women’s Cross Country Teams have made 11 appearances at the NCAA Division II Championships (2014 -25) and the Roberts men have made six (’14, ’19, ’22, ’23, ’24. ‘25). The program’s best finish was the women’s team’s ninth place in 2014.
Coach Dorr has left no stone unturned in the effort to develop every distance runner in the program to his or her potential.
Of note is Dorr’s commitment to the health of the runners. Distance running is a brutal sport where the objective is to ride the line between the highest level of fitness and potential breakdown. Research has shown that 83 percent of runners will get injured at some point in their career and perhaps as many as 50 percent will have an injury which prevents training and racing every year. Coach Dorr has partnered with area physical therapists to develop diagnostic, preventative, and rehabilitative programs specifically designed for distance runners in upstate New York.
The Coaches Dorr live in Churchville with their three sons: Levi, Asher, and Ezra. The young members of the Dorr family can often be found nearby roping the runners into playtime and cheering on the team during practice and competitions.
Coaching Philosophy
Athletics is perhaps the most demanding activity in which college students can be involved.
Achieving your potential as a runner requires understanding of the sport, self-awareness and patience, and self-discipline and unwavering commitment. My duties as a coach are to direct and guide the team members down the desired path and over obstacles each will inevitably face.
An athlete’s mind, body, and character are put to the test through the pursuit of excellence and growing in all three of these is a priority. While I want everyone to improve, run fast, and win when it matters most, a majority of our team meetings and individual conversations are not specific to running, but rather to navigating life.
I can best serve the student-athletes by helping them implement wisdom into their daily lives and finding hope that will sustain them through every season of sport or life. Principles, such as delayed gratification, and productive, moral living are equally helpful in all of life’s endeavors, so these are certainly keys to success for high-achieving student-athletes.
