Central College Women's Cross Country

COACHING RESUME - CROSS COUNTRY 2009-present (Central College) Head coach 2004-06 (St. Norbert College {Wis.}) Head coach 2002-03 (Trinity College {Conn.}) Assistant coach COACHING RESUME - TRACK AND FIELD 2018-present (Central College) Associate head coach 2010-18 (Central College) Head coach 2004-07 (St. Norbert College {Wis.}) Head coach 2002-03 (Trinity College {Conn.}) Assistant coach ATHLETICS CAREER 1997-2000 - Denison Univ. (Ohio) 2000-01 - Keene State Univ. (N.H.) EDUCATION Denison University (Ohio), 2002 B.A., history Trinity College (Conn.), 2004 M.A., history HOMETOWN Laramie, Wyo. One of the region’s most successful coaches, Joe Dunham joined the Central staff in 2009 as head men’s and women’s cross country coach and men’s and women’s track and field coach. He gave up his track and field head coaching duties after a record-breaking 10-year run in 2018, focusing on distance events as associate head coach while continuing as head cross country coach. In 2023, both the men's and women's programs qualified for the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, the fifth appearance for the men and second for the women in Dunham's tenure. The women finished ninth nationally in 2023, their first top-10 finish since 1981.The men's best national finish was 2013, taking sixth with a pair of All-Americans. He's had 11 additional men's runners qualify as individuals and nine more individual women's qualifiers. He's had six male runners earn nine all-America awards and three females earn four all-America awards.      The Dutch men have won a pair of league titles under Dunham, who has received two conference coach of the year awards. His athletes have tallied 34 all-conference performances in the men's races and 31 in the women's races.             As track and field coach, Dunham’s teams claimed 12 men’s indoor and outdoor track and field titles and recorded seven national top-10 team finishes, including a runner-up trophy in the 2011 NCAA indoor meet. Central claimed nine individual national titles in his tenure. The Dutch men gained 49 indoor and outdoor all-America awards and 23 women’s all-America honors. Prior to coming to Central, Dunham spent three seasons as the head men's cross country coach at St. Norbert College (Wis.) and four seasons as the head men's and women's track and field coach  He piloted the Green Knights to a pair of top-three finishes in men's cross country.  His men’s team finished runner-up five times in indoor and outdoor conference meets and his women’s team had a trio of top-four finishes.During Dunham’s tenure at St. Norbert, the Green Knights broke 41 school records and had numerous NCAA Division III meet qualifiers while capturing an individual national title in the 800 meters.  A two-time all-America cross country honoree at Denison University (Ohio), Dunham also earned all-America status in cross country and track and field at Keene State College (N.H.). He graduated from Denison with a degree in history in 2002 and has a master's in history from Trinity College (Conn.). Honors Central College (2) Conference men’s cross country coach of the year – 2012, 2013 (1) Conference women's cross country coach of the year – 2023 (6) Conference men’s outdoor track and field coach of the year – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 (3) Conference men’s indoor track and field coach of the year – 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016 (1) USTFCCCA Midwest Region women's cross country coach of the year – 2023 (3) USTFCCCA Central Region men’s indoor track and field coach of the year – 2013, 2014, 2015 (4) USTFCCCA Central Region men’s outdoor track and field coach of the year – 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018 (Note: Conference coach of the year award changed to coaching staff of the year award in 2016) Achievements Central College - cross country (2) Conference men’s cross country championship – 2012, 2013 (4) Conference men’s cross country MVP's – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (1) Conference women's cross country MVP's - 2024 (65) All-Conference performances (5) NCAA Division III men’s cross country championship berths – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2023 (2) NCAA Division III women's cross country championship berths – 2009, 2023 (8) NCAA Division III men’s cross country all-America awards (4) NCAA Division III women’s cross country all-America awards (3) USTFCCCA Central Region Athlete of the Year awards - 2013, 2015, 2017 (59) USTFCCCA All-Central/Midwest Region performances Central College - head track and field coach (5) Conference men’s indoor track and field championship – 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 (7) Conference men’s outdoor track and field championship – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 (4) NCAA Division III men’s indoor track and field championship top-10 finish – 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018 (3) NCAA Division III men’s outdoor track and field championship top-10 finish – 2011, 2012, 2016 (9) NCAA Division III men’s indoor and outdoor individual championships (49) NCAA Division III men’s indoor and outdoor track and field all-America awards (23) NCAA Division III women’s indoor and outdoor track and field all-America awards Athletics career NCAA Division III cross country all-America honoree, Denison University, 1998, 1999 NCAA Division III cross country all-America honoree, Keene State University (N.H.), 2000 NCAA Division III track and field all-America honoree, 800 meters, Denison University, 1999 Men's cross country results Year Conference NCAA Regional NCAA National 2009 6th 17th 2010 7th 14th 2011 4th 9th 2012 1st 2nd 12th 2013 1st 2nd 6th 2014 2nd 3rd 11th 2015 2nd 2nd 25th 2016 4th 7th 2017 6th 9th 2018 6th 13th 2019 4th 8th 2020 5th N/A 2021 5th 6th 2022 4th 7th 2023 2nd 4th 15th 2024 4th 10th 2025 3rd 6th Women's cross country results Year Conference NCAA Regional NCAA National 2009 3rd 4th 19th 2010 3rd 17th 2011 5th 12th 2012 4th 12th 2013 4th 16th 2014 4th 15th 2015 4th 16th 2016 5th 16th 2017 5th 15th 2018 5th 16th 2019 5th 21st 2020 7th N/A 2021 3rd 6th 2022 3rd 5th 2023 2nd 3rd 9th 2024 2nd 4th 2025 2nd 4th Men's track and field results Year Indoor Conf. Indoor NCAA Outdoor Conf. Outdoor NCAA 2009 2nd 1st 36th (tie) 2010 1st 1st 17th (tie) 2011 1st 2nd 1st 7th 2012 2nd 57th (tie) 1st 9th (tie) 2013 1st 9th (tie) 2nd 22nd (tie) 2014 2nd 10th 2nd 53rd (tie) 2015 1st (tie) 55th (tie) 1st 56th (tie) 2016 1st 11th (tie) 1st 6th 2017 2nd 37th (tie) 2nd 32nd 2018 2nd 9th (tie) 1st 12th (tie) Women's track and field results Year Indoor Conf. Indoor NCAA Outdoor Conf. Outdoor NCAA 2009 4th 2nd 58th 2010 4th 46th (tie) 3rd 49th (tie) 2011 2nd 24th (tie) 3rd 17th 2012 3rd 32nd (tie) 2nd 2013 3rd 58th (tie) 3rd 2014 5th 23rd (tie) 4th 16th (tie) 2015 2nd 13th (tie) 2nd 2016 3rd 35th (tie) 4th 58th (tie) 2017 5th 6th 2018 5th 4th