Program Philosophy

The Concordia Cross Country programs are built around key concepts. These concepts include commitment, honesty, determination, vision, communication, motivation, enjoyment/love of the sport, and valuing quality relationships.

Coaches in the Concordia Cross Country program are committed to helping the athletes achieve all that they can in their athletic pursuits by providing excellent coaching in terms of training theory and technique, motivation generated by creating a vision of each athlete’s potential and positively reinforcing that vision, and nurturing the enjoyment and love of the sport(s) that the athlete is involved in. This is best accomplished by valuing people and relationships above performance and programs. The individual and team performances will be excellent if the relationships between athletes and coaches are excellent.

At Concordia University, we are committed to much more that your athletic success. Our coaches believe that your spiritual, academic, and personal growth is actually more important than your athletic growth. Our main goal is to help each athlete become a servant leader, prepared to meet the challenges of life outside of college and the athletic realm. This is best accomplished when each athlete has a solid spiritual, academic, and personal background developed through his or her athletic experiences and as an integral part of the Concordia University community at large. The coaching staff is committed to encouraging and providing positive experiences for spiritual, academic, and personal growth.

The coaches in the Concordia Cross Country program believe this well rounded and balanced approach will lead to excellence on and off the field of competition as well as produce an end result that is rewarding and fulfilling for the student athletes in our program.