Crown College Women's Cross Country

Braunger serves as the head coach for mens and womens track & field as well as mens and womens cross country.  Braunger has a wealth of experience coaching runners as well as experience in starting a track & field program from the ground up. A St. Peter, Minn. native, Braunger spent 13 years as the head track and field coach at St. Clair High School where he started a track and field program from scratch.  While at St. Clair, Braunger worked with 11 State qualifiers and was named 2003 Section 2A Coach of the Year.  He served as the Academic All-State Chair for the state of Minnesota from 2003 until 2011. Most recently, Braunger has worked as an assistant track & field coach at Gustavus Adolphus College.  While at Gustavus he has worked with multiple All-Americans and three 4x400 relay teams that have participated at the NCAA Championships. A 1985 graduate of Minnesota State Mankato with a major in physical education and elementary education, Braunger was a four-year member of the MSU Track and Field team.  He received his masters degree in physical education from Minnesota State Mankato in 1995. Bill and his wife Kim live in St. Peter andhave two adult children Kendra and Christian.