Best coach in D3????

It's been a while but Jack Daniels had a good run at Cortland State.

Mo83 wrote:

By far it is al carius.

Others mentioned are good but none are even close to his record of success.

He gets his runners to overachieve. He is able to get top recruits even though north central is a very average school. North central doesnt benefit like williams, haverford, wash u from college rankings. It is a private school so he doesnt benefit from low public school tuition. North central doesnt have a monster endowment to assist in financial aid at the level of those other schools.

His success is incedible over more than 40 years and still going.

No offense to the many strong coaches but al carius is in a class by himself and i am not even an alum.

OP asked for the top coaches BESIDES Al. But you certainly are correct. Al's a fooking legend.

shutitpansy wrote:

Lundin of St Olaf has made a name for himself these past few years.

A lot of credit has to go to his assistant coach as well, Dave Griffith. Can't imagine a better tag team out there. (Progressing from conference, to regional, and then national champions is kind of the ideal.)

If we're limiting the discussion to head coaches, I'd have to go with Frank Gramarosso.

In his first year as head track coach at NCC, the Cardinals won both the indoor and outdoor team titles.

Grammy is a hell of a lot of fun to listen to on team trips. He also has a mind for details like few people I've known.

The longer I've been out of college, the more I appreciate all of the work that good college coaches put in. College kids can be a lot of work!

Thanks to all great coaches out there, especially at the D3 level.

I second Vince Touey but let's not forget Felix Moreno at Delaware Valley University. He'll even tell you he is!!

Gaydar siren wrote:

ffghdgsgfdfg wrote:

weird liberal campus, lots of hippies, their entire girls team has short hair and piercings

Short hair + piercings = dykes

It takes a certain kind of person to handle that angry, persecution based mentality. I'm sure it scares off plenty of male recruits.

Our women's team is one of the kindest, most inclusive groups of people that I've ever met, and while there are several people with short hair, piercings, etc., there are plenty of others who present in a more stereotypically feminine manner. But feel free to keep talking about things that you know nothing of.

I agree that Ray is an outstanding coach.

Gaydar siren wrote:

ffghdgsgfdfg wrote:

weird liberal campus, lots of hippies, their entire girls team has short hair and piercings

Short hair + piercings = dykes

It takes a certain kind of person to handle that angry, persecution based mentality. I'm sure it scares off plenty of male recruits.

two of our runners had short hair and piercings, and yes, were also gay

they were also all-americans and probably more attractive than you ;)

Jeff Stiles. And he's done it consistently with both genders.