Malone University Men's Cross Country

Hazen has served as head coach of mens cross country at Malone University for 48 years and as women's cross country head coach for 24 years. His mens program still ranks as the all-time winningest program as ranked by the NAIA and his 1972 mens team became the first Malone team to earn an NAIA national championship while his 1999 womens team became the second. The Pioneers have captured a total of four mens cross country titles and one womens cross country title during Hazens tenure.  In the fall of 2007, the mens cross country team captured the programs second NAIA national title, completing a perfect season after having finished first in every meet in which it competed. The Pioneer men backed up their incredible 2007 campaign with another national championship in 2008 as the squad held the NAIAs #1 national ranking from the seasons start to finish. Then, in the fall of 2009, the men's program collected an incredible "three-peat" by capturing its third straight NAIA national title. During Malones time in the NAIA, Hazens mens squad qualified for the NAIA national meet each and every year, never losing a conference/district meet. In addition, his mens team recorded 35 top-ten NAIA national finishes.  The Pioneers rich tradition of cross country success has continued throughout the institutions transition to NCAA Division II membership.  Last fall, the mens team placed ninth at the Division II National Championship Meet while the womens squad finished 11th.  In 2014, the womens team also became the first NCAA Division II program to claim the All-Ohio Championship, joining Cedarville Universitys 2008 squad as the only non-Division I programs to capture the overall All-Ohio Title.  On the mens side, Malone has claimed an incredible total of eight overall All-Ohio Championships, the last one coming in 2008.  Jack also served as the head coach of mens track & field for 28 years and womens for three years. He has coached over 325 NAIA All-Americans in cross country and track & field, which represents over 80% of the All-Americans in all of Malone athletics history.  The All-America trend has continued since Malone moved to Division II as womens cross country runner Tina Oprean became the first Pioneer athlete in any sport to earn NCAA Division II All-America recognition in 2013.  Andrew Trusty and Ryan Roush then captured All-America honors for the mens cross country squad in the fall of 2014.  Jack recently served as an assistant coach for the USA Track and Field Team during the 2012 Olympic Games. In addition to working with the men's distance runners for Team USA at the London Olympics, he has had several previous international coaching opportunities. He was named Head Manager for the 1999 Junior Pan American Track & Field Team and was twice named as U.S. Coach for mens cross country at the World Championships in Boston and Capetown, South Africa. He was also selected as the Assistant Coach for the U.S. World Championship meet in Helsinki, Finland in 2005.  Jack has coached two Olympians and served on the Track & Field Competition Management Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. A member of the USA Track & Field Board of Directors, Jack has written textbooks on coaching and has been published numerous times. But most importantly, he has impacted many lives for Christ at Malone University. Get to know more about Jack through Malone's Pioneer Spotlight