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Head Coach Brady Bonsall

Head Coach Brady BonsallAlma Mater: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (B.S. 1995)
Alma Mater: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (M.A. 1999)
Experience: 19th Year at UNK

Coaching Career Timeline (Track & Field)

  • 2010-Present: Nebraska-Kearney (head men’s & women’s coach)
  • 2008-10: Nebraska-Kearney (co-head men’s & women’s coach)
  • 2007-08: Nebraska-Kearney (assistant men’s & women’s coach)
  • 2001-2007: Ogallala High School (assistant boys & girls coach)
  • 2001: Broomfield (Colo.) High School (assistant boys & girls coach)

Coaching Career Timeline (Cross Country)

  • 2007-Present: Nebraska-Kearney (head men’s & women’s coach)
  • 2006-07: Ogallala High School (co-head boys & girls coach)
  • 2001-2006: Ogallala High School (assistant boys & girls coach)

Head Coaching Highlight

  • Has coached 4 conference championship teams
  • Has coached 14 conference runner-up teams
  • Has coached 6 NCAA qualifying cross country teams
  • Awarded conference coach-of-the-year 8 times
  • Awarded USTFCCCA (U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Assoc.) regional coach-of-the-year
  • Has coached 5 CSC (College Sports Communicatiors) Academic All-Americans
  • Has coached just under 300 USTFCCCA All-Academic award winners
  • Coached 6 UNK student-athlete-of-the-year award winners
  • As a high school coach, coached 1 state championship team and 1 individual state champion
  • Serves as site director for Nebraska high school state cross country championships

Event Coaching Highlights

  • Coached 42 All-Americans
  • Coached 5-time D2 national champion and D2 national track athlete-of-the-year
  • Coached 5 all-time D2 top-ten performances, including 1 national record and 1 national meet record
  • Coached 26 conference champions
  • Coached 53 school-record holders
  • Coached 3 athletes at UNK who have competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials, USATF Championships, Pan Am Games, and NACAC Championships

Running Career Highlights

  • Competed 2 times in U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials (steeplechase)
  • Qualified 4 times for USATF Outdoor Championships (steeplechase)
  • Represented U.S. in World University Games
  • Individually qualified 4 times for NCAA Championships
  • Served as team captain for NCAA Championships runner-up team at UNL
  • Named CSC Academic All-American twice and USTFCCCA All-Academic award winner four times
  • Won 7 individual high school state titles in cross country and track

Personal

  • Married to former UNL track & field team captain Sherri (Sutter) Bonsall
  • Brady and Sherri have five children, Nathan, Grace, Emma, Haley, and Sara
  • Graduated from Burwell H.S. in Nebraska
     

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