About Track Houston
Since 1989.
One of the largest and most successful youth track & field clubs in the nation — built in Houston, for Houston.
Our Story
Suburbs to inner city. Beginner to national champion.
Track Houston Youth Track Club was founded in 1989 in Missouri City, Texas by Coach Johnny Dade and William Mitchell. What started as a neighborhood club is now more than 600 athletes a year, ages 7–18, drawn from the suburbs and the inner city of Houston alike.
The club is sanctioned by USA Track & Field through the Gulf Association, with more than 100 background-screened volunteers. The mission has never changed: build physical fitness, mental stamina and teamwork — and give every child a lane, whatever their starting line.
The philosophy is "quantity of quality." Track Houston doesn't chase a handful of stars. It develops entire age groups to a national standard — which is why the club qualifies more athletes for the national Junior Olympics, and brings home more medals, than any other track club in the country.
History
Decades in the making.
1989
Coach Johnny Dade and William Mitchell found Track Houston in Missouri City, Texas.
1990s–2000s
The club grows across greater Houston, building practice sites from Alief to Humble and a reputation at USATF and AAU national championships.
2020–21
Alumnus Bryce Deadmon wins Olympic gold in the 4x400m relay and bronze in the mixed relay at Tokyo 2020. The published college roll call reaches 95+ scholarship athletes.
2024
170 medals at the USATF National Junior Olympics in College Station — 31 of them gold. In Paris, Bryce Deadmon wins his second Olympic 4x400m gold and Alaysha Johnson reaches the 100m hurdles final.
2026
189 medals, a new national record and 17 national championships at the USATF National Junior Olympics.
37
Seasons of Track Houston
8
Practice sites across greater Houston
100+
Background-screened volunteers
50+
Colleges where alumni have competed
Leadership
Who runs the club.
Track Houston is led by a volunteer board and athletic directors with decades of combined coaching experience.
Community
Houston is the team.
Eight practice sites. Hundreds of families. A vendor village at the Championships that draws 6,500 people. Track Houston is a citywide community that has spent nearly four decades proving that speed and scholarship travel together.