Coach Atchley joins the East staff for the 2025-26 season and has known and coached alongside Coach Carhart for many years. As an athlete he was a Texas state private school champion in the 880 yard run and went on to run the 800m and 1600m at the University of Oklahoma, competing at the Kansas and Texas Relays.

He coached distance at Rangeview from 2021 to 2025, guiding multiple state qualifying 4x800 teams, an 800m runner to a 1:52 and a CU Boulder scholarship, and a freshman to 4:12 in the 1500m, the fastest in the country at his age. He continues to coach younger runners at Aurora Quest Middle School, where his athletes regularly win city championships in the 800m and 1600m, including Lola and Cate Carhart, who now run at Denver East.

Dr. Atchley is a semi retired cardiologist who practiced at St. Joseph's Hospital for 35 years and still teaches there. A US Army veteran awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, he aims to teach his athletes the value of preparation, hard work, and teamwork. Off the track, his other love is being a cowboy on his family's 105 year old Texas ranch.