To Boise State! True?
To Boise State! True?
Would you be referring to Corey Ihmels, of Iowa State?!
that's what I heard
Would Wick be out? Ihmels is a distance guy isn't he?
I wonder what this means for Lisa uhl. Will she go too.
He was making $105,000 at Iowa State... so hopefully Boise State paid him $120K+.
Dear Cross Country and Track and Field Letterwinners:
Below is a message from Iowa State Athletics Director Jamie Pollard that we shared with our track & field and cross country student-athletes this afternoon.
We thought you would want to see this information as well.
Sincerely,
ISU Letterwinners Club
__________________________________________________
Dear Cross Country and Track and Field Student Athletes,
As many of you recently heard, Coach Ihmels has decided to leave Iowa State University for another coaching position. While we are certainly sad to see Corey leave Iowa State University, we also respect his personal decision and desire to live in that part of the country.
I also realize many of you have concerns and questions about what the future holds for each of you and for our program. Although there will be more questions than answers in the short term, I want each of you to take comfort in the following:
1. There is not another program in the country that has an Athletics Administration that cares about and knows more about your sport than our administration.
2. You have my personal commitment that hiring a new coach is going to be our number one focus. In fact, I have already been in contact with several potential coaches and I am confident we will find a coach that will not only continue our outstanding tradition, but will help elevate our program to the next level.
We are not the first program nor are we the last program to experience a change in our head coach. We will get through this together and we will have a new coach on board as quickly as possible.
If you have any specific questions or concerns, please direct them to Calli Sanders (csanders@iastate.edu) or 515-294-3706. Calli will serve as the point person for most of your questions as I will be dedicating my time to conducting the search for our new head coach.
Go Cyclones!
Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics
No way! Lisa Uhl moved back to Ames because the picturesque flora and fauna that the city provides along with the tremendous opportunities to expand your cultural growth. She will work with the new coach that comes in...whomever it may be.
Any possible candidates???? Obviously they want a Distance guy or girl start listing
Guys with Midwest connections
Baltes - GVSU (D2 Coach)
Travis Hartke - IA st. (current Asst Distance)
Gavin Kennedy - Formerly of OLE MISS
Kevin Hadsell - Formerly of TOLEDO
they could poach from other schools
Mike Whittelsy - Kansas
Joe Lynn - Missouri
Michael Smith - Kansas St
Jake Stewart - Illinois
Gibby - Michigan
Joe Walker (younger)- Louisville
any more......
Other than Hadsell, none of these guys have HEAD coaching experience. (and Hadsell was XC only).
Doubtful a Big 12 school will hire some lowly cross country assistant who does not handle day to day operations and disciplining of 60+ men and women.
(Nerdy distance runners are a LOT easier to manage than rowdy sprinters, throwers, jumpers)
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Baltes is a head coach...
Rod Dehaven from SDSU. + his son Addison is a beast of a distance runner and a Sr. To be
Duck Commander wrote:
Any possible candidates???? Obviously they want a Distance guy or girl start listing
Guys with Midwest connections
Kevin Hadsell - Formerly of TOLEDO
Was this meant as a joke? Would any school seriously consider hiring him?
Don't know why people are bringing up Kevins name for all the major coaching jobs now available.
He made a mistake...he's human BUT it's going to take at least a year for any administration to hire him.
Just a thought. He's a nice guy and can coach. I hope he lands a job somewhere but it's "too soon"
Dear Cross Country and Track and Field Letterwinners,
As an important step in continuing the success and rich traditions of Iowa State Cross Country and Track and Field, Jamie asked to share the update he sent to all current student-athletes early this morning. The administration is committed to keeping lines of communication open with the best interest of our student-athletes at heart.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Once a Cyclone, Always a Cyclone!
Lindsey
Lindsey L. Long
Director of Special Events & Letterwinners Club
Iowa State University
(W) 515-294-5022
Subject: Update from your Director of Athletics
Dear Cross Country and Track and Field Student Athletes,
I am writing you this morning at 3:15 a.m. (Saturday morning) because I am wide awake and can’t sleep. I can’t sleep not because I am stressed or worried about the future of our program. On the contrary, I can’t sleep because my mind is racing about the excitement and opportunity we have before us right now to elevate our program to an entirely different level. I can’t sleep because I feel a sense of responsibility to each of you to do my absolute best to find each of you, our program and our institution a new coach who will take the baton we are handing him or her and win the race for us.
Coach Ihmels and his staff, as well as each of you, have done a tremendous job revitalizing our program to national prominence. People now know Iowa State University is in the race – simply put, we matter! However, much like a track race, it is not how you start but how you finish. We need to find a coach that will help each of you finish your own race at Iowa State with the same energy, passion and excitement that you have had in the beginning of your race at Iowa State. It doesn’t matter if you are a senior or an incoming freshman, we owe you the opportunity to have the best possible experience you can have and we plan to see that happens for each and every one of you.
The good news is there is tremendous interest in our program. In addition, with the United States track and field championships in Des Moines this week, it provides an opportunity for us to meet with some of the most talented coaches in the country. Furthermore, as some of you know, my family and I spent a week of vacation in Eugene, Oregon last week supporting our student-athletes who were competing in the national meet. Because Coach Ihmels and I have been talking about his interest in moving back out west for some time, I also took the opportunity to meet with several officials and coaches that work for Nike (with some of the world’s greatest track and field athletes) about our program and possible coaches should Coach Ihmels leave Iowa State.
Needless to say, I have already put the information I gained from those meetings and discussions to work and have set-up interviews with multiple coaches for next week. Part of the reason I can’t sleep is I spent most of the day on Friday talking with several national championship level coaches about everything we have going for us at Iowa State. The more I think about and talk with coaches about it, the more excited I get. There is simply no reason in the world our program can’t be the best program in the Big 12 and compete for national championships. Anyone who thinks differently simply doesn’t get it. The bottom line is I am extremely confident that we will find an outstanding coach and I want each of you to know we are All-In on this process.
Please keep your heads held high and keep working hard in both the classroom and on the track, roads or weight room. Embrace the uncertainty about the future as an opportunity to get even better than what we originally thought we could do. I know that is how I am approaching this challenge.
Go Cyclones!
Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics
Iowa State University
Jacobson Athletic Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-1140
(515) 294-0123
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Wow! Now that is an AD!
You aren't kidding!
Iowa State is one of a handful of D1 programs with a dedicated cross country course. Perhaps we will see more of these as the college athletics arms race continues.
Other programs with established cross country courses:
AR, IN State, OK State, WI, VA, TX A&M, IA, KS...any others out there?
Word on the street is that Salazar is the top candidate. With a strong veterinary program at Ames - the potential is almost unlimited.