Notre Dame De Namur University Women's Cross Country

Nunes enters his second year as head coach of NDNUs men and womens cross country team. In his first year at the helm, Nunes snuck away with a second team All PacWest performance at the PacWest Championships with the aid of former Stanford Cardinal and NDNU graduate Student, Marissa Ferrante. Ferrante ran the 6k in 22:10 and finished 14 th ; becoming the first Argonaut to receive All-Conference accolades since NDNU joined the PacWest in 2006. The women finished 11 th overall as a team.   On the mens side, Nunes coached Michael Young to a near All-Conference performance at the PacWest championships. Young finished 22 nd with a time of 25:51, a personal best at NDNU in an 8k race, but he finished just one spot outside of the All-Conference team. The men finished 9 th overall as a team, one spot better than their preseason ranking. As the sole Argonaut representative at the NCAA West Regional Championship, Young finished 64 th overall running the 10k race in a time of 31:52 and was later named to the USTFCCCA Academic All-Region Team.   Before NDNU, Nunes spent a brief stint as an assistant cross country/track coach at his alma mater, California State University Stanislaus. At Stanislaus, Nunes focused on recruitment and daily operations in addition to providing support at practice and race day. Nunes landed at Stanislaus after interning at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he managed the men and womens cross country programs as assistant coach. Under his training, the mens team captured their first multi-event title in the 13-year history of the GNAC Conference, finishing first at the Saint Martins Cross Country Invite.  At the GNAC Conference Championships the men finished 7 th , an improvement from the year prior. The women maintained their position in the conference at 8 th place.   Nunes began his coaching career at Northwest Missouri State University, spending two years as a graduate assistant cross country/track coach while obtaining his Master of Science in Applied Health and Sports Science with emphases in Sports Administration. His duties included administering workouts, recruiting, and meet management. During this time he studied the sport of distance running and obtained his USA Track & Field Level 1 Certification.   As a runner at Stanislaus, Nunes was named an All-California College Athletic Association runner twice in cross country and twice in track & field. At the time of graduation, Nunes was a two time MVP in cross country and had earned his way on the Stanislaus Track & Field All Time Top 10 List in the 1,500-meter run, 5,000-meter run, and 10,000-meter run. Nunes graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a minor in Business Administration. Prior to Stanislaus, Nunes competed for the Las Positas/Chabot cross country & track programs.    In 2015, Nunes competed at the Portuguese Road National Championships, Finishing 35 th in the country. His personal bests in 5,000-meters, 10,000-meters, and 10 miles are: 14:41, 30:28, and 50:17 in their respective order. He currently resides in Belmont, California.