Hamline University Men's Cross Country

Schmaedeke leads the Pipers as the director of track and field operations at Hamline. His responsibilities include serving as the head men's track and field coach and working with all middle-distance and distance runners on the track. He served as Hamline's head cross country coach until August when Devin Monson took over the program.  The 2016-17 athletic season will be Schmaedeke's 32nd in the Hamline athletic program as an athlete and coach, the last 22 of which as the men's track and field coach. In 22 years as a head coach in CC, Schmaedeke has coached 11 All-Americans. His men's team has won three of the last six MIAC CC championships. Not coincidentally, Schmaedeke was named Coach of the Year in the league in all three of those years. It is an honor he has won 14 times overall in his HU coaching career. In 2006, Schmaedeke was named Central Region Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA. The Pipers won the Central Regional en route to finishing 18th at the NCAA Championships. In 2005, Schmaedeke led the Pipers to their first MIAC Championship since 1977. The Pipers also finished third in Central Regional and seventh in the NCAA Championships. Schmaedeke was involved in Hamline cross country for more than three decades years as a student-athlete, assistant coach, and head coach.  The 2000 team was his first to compete in the NCAA Championships. He was also named MIAC Indoor Track Coach of the Year in 2002 and again in 2005 and 2014. In 2015, he was named MIAC Outdoor Track Coach of the Year as HU finished second for the fourth time in six years. As an athlete, Schmaedeke was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track at Hamline. He competed on teams that won two MIAC cross country championships (1973, 1975) and four track titles (1974-1977). As a senior, he was co-captain of the Hamline cross country team. Prior to joining the Hamline staff in 1980, Schmaedeke was the head boys' track and field coach at Concordia Academy High School from 1978-79. Schmaedeke is noted for his persistence, patience, and well organized training that prepares his athletes to be competitive and steadily progress to their potential over the course of four years. Schmaedeke also lectures on training theory as a faculty member of the USA Track and Field Level II Coaches Certification School. He has spoke numerous times at the Minnesota High School Coaches Clinic for track and field. In recognition of his accomplishments as a student-athlete and a coach, Schmaedeke was inducted into the Hamline University Athletic Hall of Fame in January 2008. In 2015, he was added to the Row of Fame that adorns the north wall of Klas Field.  Schmaedeke earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Hamline in 1977. He later earned his master's from the University of Arizona in physical education in 1980. Paul Schmaedeke leads the Pipers as the director of track and field operations at Hamline. His responsibilities include serving as the head men's track and field coach and working with all middle-distance and distance runners on the track. He served as Hamline's head cross country coach until August when Devin Monson took over the program. 

Lutz  is starting his eighth season as an assistant CC coach in 2016. Lutz was a member of Hamline's 2005 MIAC championship team. Lutz was a four-year participant for both the Hamline cross country and track and field teams.He was a member of the 2005 CC tream that won the conference championship and went on to finish seventh at the NCAA D-III meet. While a student, Lutz was the president of the Hamline Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for two years and held the same role with the MIAC SAAC group for one year. Originally from Pine City, Minn., Lutz graduated from Hamline University in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Lutz currently is a mathematics teacher at Ramsey Middle School in St. Paul. He is known by many titles at Ramsey: a Math Teacher, an Educator of Young Minds who have a Passion for the Numbers, The End All Be All when it comes to Math along Summit Avenue, or The Man in Fancy Bowties on Monday. Chris Lutz Assistant Coach, Men's Cross Country Chris Lutz  is starting his eighth season as an assistant CC coach in 2016. Lutz was a member of Hamline's 2005 MIAC championship team. Lutz was a four-year participant for both the Hamline cross country and track and field teams.He was a member of the 2005 CC tream that won the conference championship and went on to finish seventh at the NCAA D-III meet. While a student, Lutz was the president of the Hamline Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for two years and held the same role with the MIAC SAAC group for one year. Originally from Pine City, Minn., Lutz graduated from Hamline University in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Lutz currently is a mathematics teacher at Ramsey Middle School in St. Paul. He is known by many titles at Ramsey: a Math Teacher, an Educator of Young Minds who have a Passion for the Numbers, The End All Be All when it comes to Math along Summit Avenue, or The Man in Fancy Bowties on Monday.