John Molvar

John Molvar is a private investor and coach. As investor he has been investing for more than 20 years and also previously worked as a nuclear engineer for 22 years before retiring at age 43. Investing in individual stocks he has beaten the stock market by a wide margin averaging 16.1% average annual returns versus 3.1% for the S&P 500 during the 15 year period from 1999 to 2013. He is the author of Beginning Investing that has the highest possible rating of 5 stars on Amazon. As coach he has been involved in running and has studied the sport for 40 years. He has coached at the Youth, High School, College Division I, II & III and post collegiate levels. As a head college coach was named by his fellow conference coaches the Men's Conference Coach Of The Year 4 times and also Women's Coach of The Year. He is currently Assistant XC and Middle Distance and Distance Track Coach at UMass-Lowell, a position he has held the past 5 years. He is co-author of the Youth And Teen Running Encyclopedia that has the highest possible rating of 5 stars on Amazon.