Aaron Russell begins his eleventh season as a coach with the LHU track and field teams, working mainly with the distance and middle distance runners. He enters his second season as the co-head coach with Heather Leverington. 

He also serves as the head coach of the Lock Haven University men's and women's cross country teams where he has earned four consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men's coach of the year honors.   In addition, he is in charge of the team’s study table and web page management.

In 2007-08 his  team won a PSAC Men's Indoor Championship.  In the spring both the men's and women's teams finished second in the PSAC.  Under his guidance, Ryan Blood earned the East Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year and Paul Martin was an all-American in the 400 hurdles. 

In 2006-07 he was voted East Region Coach of the Year, PSAC men’s coaches of the year, and was elected as secretary of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

His familiarity with Lock Haven dates back even further, as he received his bachelor or arts degree in journalism and mass communication from LHU in 1996.  From there, he earned his master of science degree in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 1998.

While at The Haven as a student-athlete, Russell was a two-year captain, a multiple PSAC Scholar-Athlete and an ECAC qualifier in track & field.

As a coach, Russell directed the 2003,  2004, 2005 and 2006 men's cross country teams to PSAC titles.  He also led them to East Region titles in 2003, 2004 and 2006 along with a school-best ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships in 2004. He has helped guide 28 runners to All-PSAC status, including 20 All-Regional Harriers, six All-Americans, and four PSAC Rookie of the Year runners. While serving as an assistant at EKU, 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 was honored with PSAC and United States Cross Country Association (USCCA) East Region Coach of the Year awards in 2003, '05 and '06.

Most recently Russell and Leverington were honored following the 2007 indoor season with PSAC men's coach of the year honors. The men's team one the indoor conference championships while the women placed second.

Russell currently serves as the Secretary for the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association.

Russell, a native of Lincoln, Maine, currently resides in Lock Haven, Pa.