EUGENE, Ore. – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced that Al Carius of North Central (Ill.) College and Chris Schumacher of Illinois Wesleyan were named the National Head Coaches of the Year for Outdoor Track & Field in Division III as voted by the nation’s coaches.
NATIONAL MEN’S HEAD COACH OF THE YEAR: Al Carius, North Central (Ill.)
North Central College, coached by Carius in his 44th year with Cardinals won their fifth NCAA Outdoor team title in a 17-point victory over Salisbury (36) and UW La Crosse (28). North Central also won NCAA crowns in the 2009-10 season in cross country and indoor track & field, becoming the first Division III squad since 2005-06 to win the “triple crown”.
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEAD COACH OF THE YEAR: Chris Schumacher, Illinois Wesleyan
Schumacher’s crew needed a third-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay to overtake UW Oshkosh for the women’s team title at the NCAA Championship and got that in a thrilling fashion, topping UW River Falls by under a second to tally their 54th point for the national crown. Schumacher, in his 13th year, and Illinois Wesleyan won the CCIW earlier in the season.
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