Molly (Enman) Peters returns for her 20th year as a head coach at Saint Michael's College with the 2025-26 school year. She has led the women's cross country program throughout her tenure, heads into her fifth year as men's cross country head coach, and guides the men's and women's outdoor track team as it enters its inaugural campaign. Peters also previously coached Nordic skiing for the past 13 seasons.
Peters is the longest-tenured head coach in the College's women's cross country and Nordic skiing histories, and is the second woman to lead the men's cross country program. She earned her U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Track & Field Academy Sprint, Hurdle and Relay Specialist Certification in June 2025.
Since 2020, Peters has worked diligently to bring equal-distance races to both sports, garnering wide-spread support from both communities in an effort to convince various governing bodies to offer equal-distance events at their championships. Peters and the College have hosted Equality Invitational 8K races in cross country on campus and, in 2022, the Federation of International Skiing (FIS) voted to change the distances of World Cup races, thanks in large part to Peters' activism. Many events on the world circuit - including some at the NCAA Championship - follow an equal-distances model. Learn more at equaldistance.org.
A former three-sport standout at nearby Middlebury College, Peters trained after graduation in Park City, Utah, with aspirations of qualifying for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing. A 1997 graduate of Middlebury, Peters earned a degree in biology while competing in cross country, Nordic skiing and outdoor track & field. She qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship in cross country as a senior; competed in three NCAA skiing championships, earning an All-America finish her senior year; and took All-America honors in the 1,500-meter run in outdoor track & field as a senior, placing sixth in the event at the NCAA Championship.
Saint Michael's College Women's Cross Country Head Coach, 2006-Present (20th Season)
- 2023 NCAA Championship Individual Qualifier - Tess Drury '27
- 2014 NCAA Championship Team Qualifier (first in SMC history)
- 2013 NCAA Championship Individual Qualifier - Chloe Boutelle '15 (first SMC runner to qualify)
- 3 Vermont Intercollegiate Championship Team Titles (2013, 2019, 2021)
- 7 Vermont Intercollegiate Championship Individual Titles (2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021, 2023)
- 10 NCAA All-Region Qualifiers
- 17 NE10 All-Conference Qualifiers
- 2 NE10 Rookies of the Year (Tess Drury '27, 2023; Jersey Miller '28, 2024)
- 11 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors
- 22 NE10 Academic All-Conference Honors
- 1 NE10 Elite 24 Award Winner
- 3 NE10 Team Academic Excellence Awards (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 2 NE10 Sportsmanship Team Awards (2006, 2009)
- 2011: 3rd at NE10 Championship
- 2013: 2nd at NE10 Championship, 4th at NCAA East Regional Championship
- 2014: 2nd at NE10 Championship, 3rd at NCAA East Regional Championship
- 2023: 3rd at NE10 Championship
Saint Michael's College Men's Cross Country Head Coach, 2021-Present (5th Season)
- 2021 Vermont Intercollegiate Championship Team Title
- 2021 Vermont Intercollegiate Championship Individual Title (Will Coppola '23)
- 2 NE10 All-Conference Qualifiers
- 4 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors
- 5 NE10 Academic All-Conference Honors
- 1 NE10 Elite 24 Award Winner
Saint Michael's College Men's Outdoor Track Head Coach, 2026-Present (1st Season)
Saint Michael's College Women's Outdoor Track Head Coach, 2026-Present (1st Season)
Saint Michael's College Nordic Skiing Head Coach, 2013-2025 (13 Years)
- 2022 EISA Nordic Skiing Coach of the Year
- 3 NCAA Championship Qualifiers (2024: Henrik Wist '27; 2025: Declan Hutchinson '25, Oliver Miatke '27)
- 1 EISA All-East Qualifier (Declan Hutchinson '25, 2025)
- 7 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors
- 116 USCSCA National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team Qualifiers
- NCAA Championship Finishes: 2024 (12th), 2025 (13th)
- 2024: Purple Knights earned 10 top-20 finishes, with Henrik Wist '27 winning Dartmouth Carnival mass-start 15K classic (among 3 top-6 finishes) and Declan Hutchinson '25 10th in 2 races
- 2025: Purple Knights earned 29 top-20 finishes, with Declan Hutchinson '25 (2 5th-place finishes), Zoe Devine '27 (4 top-19s), Oliver Miatke '27 (4 top-15s), Henrik Wist '27 (2 top-7s) and Daniel McCollor '28 (4 top-15s) leading the way. Hutchinson, McCollor and Miatke placed 3rd in the SMC Invitational 3x5K classic relay for SMC's top relay finish in the EISA's modern era (since 1993-94)
- Since 2009, coached youths through Bill Koch Youth Ski League; also Nordic ski instructor and events coordinator since 2003 at Sleepy Hollow Inn, Ski and Bike Center on family land in Huntington
Burlington (Vermont) High School Cross Country and Track & Field Assistant Coach, 2003-2008 (5 Years)
University of Redlands (California) Men's and Women's Cross Country Head Coach, 2002 (1 Year)
- 1 All-SCIAC Women's Runner
Middlebury (Vermont) College Cross Country and Track & Field Assistant Coach, 1997-2001 (4 Years)
- 24 Division III All-Americans
- 3 NESCAC Champions
- 2 NESCAC Athletes of the Year
- 1 NESCAC Rookie of the Year
- 9 NESCAC All-Conference Honors
