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Head Coach · Aaron Russell
Details: Email: arussell@lhup.edu; Phone: 570-484-2261

Aaron Russell
Head Coach
Lock Haven University '96
Seventh season

Aaron Russell enters his seventh season as head coach of the Lock Haven University men’s and women’s cross country teams, coming off another widely successful campaign in 2007. He also serves as the co-head coach for the men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams. In 2007 Russell had three Academic all-Americans on his roster.

In 2006, Russell won his fourth consecutive PSAC Coach of the Year Award. The men's squad won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and East Region championships. The Bald Eagles have also been the PSAC Champions for the last four years in-a-row and have won three of the last four regional titles. LHU finished 11th overall at the NCAA Division II National Championship. The Lady Eagles finished sixth at the PSAC championship which was three-spot improvement from the year before. Following their sixth-place showing at the conference meet they went to an impressive seventh-place showing at the East Region championships.

The 2005 season brought home the PSAC men’s title for the third-straight year, adding a second-place finish in the regional meet, and a top-10 finish nationally. For his efforts, Russell brought home his third PSAC Men’s Coach of the Year trophy. The women’s team improved over last year’s performances with plenty of freshmen making an impact, finishing ninth in the PSAC meet and 11th at the regional championships.

2004 was a banner year for the men's cross country squad, as they took both the NCAA Division II East Region and PSAC titles, as well as earned their top NCAA finish in school history at ninth. Russell guided two All-Americans in earning the PSAC and USCCCA East Region Men's Coach of the Year trophies.

In all, Russell has coached three All-Americans, 10 all-region and 17 All-PSAC runners. His women’s team has earned All-Academic Team status in two of the three seasons, and the men garnered the same academic honors in 2003 and 2005.

In addition to his coaching duties, Russell has administrative responsibilities, currently serving as the National Membership Director and Treasurer for the NCAA Division II United States Track and Cross Country Coaches Association. He had previously served as the NCAA Division II USTCA East Region Cross Country representative from 2001 through 2003.

A 1996 Lock Haven University graduate with a bachelor’s in journalism and mass communication, Russell was a two-year captain of the Bald Eagle cross country team and was a multiple Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Scholar-Athlete and Eastern College Athletic Conference championship qualifier.

Prior to returning to his alma mater, Russell spent three months in 1997 interning at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. He then obtained his masters in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 1998 while serving as an assistant with the cross country and track and field programs. There, he helped coach three cross country teams to Ohio Valley Conference titles, seven OVC Athletes of the Year, three All-Americans and numerous GTE Academic All-Americans.

Russell, a native of Lincoln, Maine, and is a Level-I certified coach by USA Track and Field. He currently resides in Lock Haven, Pa.