Our Coaches
CRCA is fortunate to be able to draw on the experience of many of the city’s top coaches.
Deirdre Murphy Bader
Deirdre Murphy Bader, at age 41, represented Ireland in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. She is a World Masters Champion, seven-time World Masters Medalist, two-time US National Masters Champion, 11-time US National Masters Medalist and has won over 80 races.
In 2000, she began coaching for the Century Road Club and since retiring from competition after the Olympics, has focused on passing her knowledge of cycling to others as a coach for CRCA. In addition, Deirdre also coaches one-on-one. In 2005, Deirdre coached fellow CRCA Club member, Marie DeRosa, to a World Champion Title in the Masters World Time Trial Championships in St. Johann, Austria.
Deirdre holds a USA Cycling Level II license. Her coaching has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and More Magazine. In 2004, in collaboration with NYC2012 and NYC Parks and Recreation, Deirdre founded Star Track, NYC’s first after-school track cycling program for underserved children. Deirdre also enjoys commentating on bicycle racing on radio and TV.
David Jordan
David started racing BMX bikes back in 1979 and entered road racing and multisport in 1987, joining CRCA that fall. Steadily progressing his racing skills, he became a Category 1 road racer and Category 2 track racer. He won eight New York State Championships in events as diverse as the Team Time Trial, Individual Time Trial, Road Race, Points, Pursuit and Team Sprint.
In the 2000 and 2001 Masters National Championships, David was a three-time medalist in Criterium, Points, and Pursuit. During his competitive racing days, David represented the US National Team in Panama (1994) and twice in the Dominican Republic (1991, 1995) providing support for team mates winning stages and the General Classification, as well as raced for elite amateur clubs in Brussels, Belgium (1989) and Chalons-sur-Marne, France (1991).
He has worked with top road, track, mountain, and triathlon professionals in bikefitting, performance testing and coaching programs. David has also coached riders to Masters World and National Championships, to Collegiate National Championships (Western Washington University), and helped local and regional racers to many victories and category upgrades. David is also currently coaching and further developing the NYU Cycling Program.
Ann Marie Miller
Ann Marie Miller is a 4 time United States National Masters’ Champion, a 13 time US Masters’ National Medalist, and a Category 1 racer who “discovered” cycling after a variety of endurance activities, including running and duathlons. Ann Marie started bike racing as a member of CRCA and credits the CRCA coaching program with launching her competitive cycling career.
An all-around rider, Ann Marie was a member of the Verizon Wireless Women’s Cycling team from 2002-2005 and competed in events such as the Solano Stage Race, the Redlands Stage Race, Fitchburg Stage Race, the Nature Valley Grand Prix, The Philadelphia Liberty Classic, the US Pro Criterium Championships, the Montreal Womens’ World Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and the Grand Tour du Montreal UCI Women’s Stage Race. She also completed the 2001 HP Womens’s Classic, a UCI event consisting of 13 stages in 12 days around the state of Idaho. In 2003, Ann Marie scored a clean sweep of the gold medals at the US Masters’ National Championships, winning the Time Trial, Road Race and Criterium, as well as the “Best All-Around Rider” award for her age group. In 2004, she won the Mad River Road Race, the “queen stage” of the Green Mountain Stage Race and was 3rd overall in the General Classification. In 2005, she won all 5 races she entered in the Bethel Spring Training Series, earning the Women’s Overall Series Championship, and repeated as the Series Champion in 2008.
Currently she is the Manager of Corporate Fitness and Wellness Programs and a cycling and triathlon coach for Cadence Cycling and Multisport, a coach for the Century Road Club Association, and coaches cyclists and endurance athletes, as well as personal training clients.
Craig Cook (Director Emeritus, CRCA Junior Development Team)
Craig Cook started racing bicycles with the CRCA in 1985, at the age of 16. He raced at the elite level in the United States, and Europe including eight seasons based in France. Craig returned to New York in 2004 to pursue a degree in architecture. He freelances as a journalist and photographer, having worked in the disparate worlds of fashion, where he snaps pics, and cycling journalism, where he turns up every year at Bicycling.com to cover the Tour de France. Discouraged by the lack of support for junior cycling at his racing “alma mater” CRCA, Craig took over the position of Vice President of Rider Development and started the current Junior Development program at the end of 2005.