Bio

Two-time HCC Coach of the year Casey Popenfoose has built one of Indiana's most successful programs in a short tenure as head coach of Brownsburg Boys Track and Field.

His fifth year at the helm of the program was a record-setting campaign for the Bulldogs. Brownsburg won consecutive HCC championships and IHSAA Sectional championships for the first time in school history during the 2021 campaign. Brownsburg held on to the state's No.2 ranking heading into the IHSAA State Finals, where he Bulldogs clinched the school's highest overall finish at the finals meet. Brownsburg finished as State Runner-Up for the first time in program history. 

Junior John Colquitt was crowned the IHSAA State champion in the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles, becoming Brownsburg's second individual State champion under Popenfoose (Pierce Thomas; 2019). At the 2021 HCC meet, Colquitt swept the hurdles and ran on a winning relay, leading Brownsburg to the repeat HCC championship.

Popenfoose led Brownsburg to its first Track & Field HCC championship in 2019. The program also snapped a nine-year IHSAA Sectional championship drought in his third season leading the program. The Bulldogs finished fourth at the IHSAA State Finals behind a Long Jump State championship from Thomas.

In the fall, Popenfoose is a Brownsburg football Defensive Coordinator, where he works under his former high school head coach John Hart. He came to Brownsburg in 2016 following a four-year stint at his alma mater Huntley (Illinois). Popenfoose worked at Huntley as a position coach under Hart and Assistant Boys Track & Field coach for the Red Raiders.

A member of the football team at Huntley, Popenfoose went on to play for Division II Upper Iowa University from 2008-2012. As a student athlete he was a three-year starter, senior captain, and Division II Academic All-American, earning a degree in Physical Education.

Popenfoose, who teaches Athletic Development at Brownsburg High School, and his wife are expecting their first child in 2021.