Just wondering if anyone has any insight on the Northwood University job in Michigan? I have an interview and was wondering if anyone knows much about the program and the direction they are heading? I know the school is limited to Business Majors and they have an outdoor track and they are in the process of creating an indoor practice track. Anyone?
Is the Job open again?
Good hockey program. I think it would be a strange place for track and cross country.
THey generally have a good throwing program. It is a weird campus....looks like a retreat center. Very small, all low buildings. Quite pretty. Midland is a nice town with some good Dow money in it.
But they are part of the GLIAC with GVSU running the show. At least you get to go to GV and compete on their awesome tracks. Both indoor and outdoor.
Northwood is a pretty solid school, and coming from the area I see they have a good runner every once and a while. I knew the coach they had around 03/04 and one of the football coaches at the same time. I think they both liked their jobs. For a while Northwood had some decent mid-distance guys (especially for D2). The biggest draw to the school is the fact that it is EXPENSIVE (~$30k a year for a "public" university) and athletes can get a break on tuition; however, the school prides itself on placing people directly into jobs and, and they have a lot of internship opportunities too. That will be the draw for recruits; getting into a school that would have been previously inaccessible.
It is hard to be competitive in the GLIAC with GVSU in the same league. It might be hard to recruit in the area given that kids are pulled to CMU/EMU and then any really talented kids go to UM/MSU. If you get some talented guys in Northwood you have plenty of good competition for them within state. Indoor meets at GVSU/CMU/UM can all provide quality racing, and then outdoor there is always the Hillsdale meet that pulls some fast people from across the Midwest.
Best of luck to you in the application process my man. I think it would be a really solid position of you can get it. Make sure you get to know a lot of the other Michigan coaches as there are some really quality people in state that will gladly help you out. Also, be sure to get to know Jed, the Dow HS coach. He is a good guy who knows his stuff, will give it to you straight, and he is always willing to help. He is a true steward of the running community in mid-Michigan.
Any word on what happened to Stryker?
The job does indeed appear to be open again.
http://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/5067569/head-track-and-cross-country-coach
Any word out of Michigan on the Northwood job?
Jed is a clown known by Mid-Michigan Track & XC Alumni as the pushy jerk with a pony tail.
Did he get the job?
Yes,any of us refer to Jed as "Track Nazi". As for the Northwood job, they seem to have a lot of turnover. A friend of mine had 5 coaches in 4 years there from 2005-2009. Good luck!
37k a year might be the reason for the turnover.
No Jed did not get the job, someone above mentioned him as a resource for whoever does get the job. While that may be correct in some ways, he is a clown.
i think they are close to making a decision
It pays more than 37k a year.
It does pay a little bit more than 37k. Also has some great potential with the new indoor facility and scholarship allocation.