Head Cross Country and Track and Field coach Aaron Davis has served as coach at Bethany since 2008. 

Within his first season at Bethany College he coached:

• One All-KCAC Cross Country Runner
• One NAIA National Cross Country Qualifier
• Six Bethany College School Records Broken
• One NAIA National Champion Women's Outdoor Shot-Put
• One NAIA National Runner-Up Men's Outdoor Long Jump
• Four NAIA All-American's
• Seven NAIA National Qualifiers

He also coached the 2009 Hershey's National Boys 100m Champion.

Before coming to Bethany College, Davis coached at Fort Hays State University where he was the assistant sprint/middle distance coach. While at Fort Hays he coached one NCAA DII National Qualifier in the 8oo meter for Indoor Nationals and Outdoor Nationals, one MIAA Conference Champion in the 1500m, two MIAA All-Conference Runners and two RMAC All-Conference Runners.

Prior to coaching at Fort Hays State University Coach Davis was the Thomas Moore Prep High School Cross Country coach where he coached the Kansas State 3A boys cross country champion.

Davis graduated from Fort Hays State University in 2007 with a B.S. in Health and Human Performance.

He was also a member of the Adams State Cross Country and Track and Field Team in 2000-2005. Where he was

• Fourteen time All-Conference (RMAC) athlete in cross country/track
• Seven time RMAC Conference Champion in the 800m, 4x400m, and DMR
• Member of the National Championship Cross Country team in 2003
• Three time NCAA DII All-American in the 800m
• NCAA DII All-American distance medley relay team member
• USA National Jr. All-American in the 800m

Davis is level I and II USATF Certified Coach.

davisa@bethanylb.edu

Gregg Schmidt is in his first year as assistant coach for the track and field team. Schmidt received his bachelor's degree in history from Lynchburg College, Va., in 2004 and his master's degree in education from St. Lawrence University, N.Y., in 2007.

Schmidt came to Bethany from Lake Superior State University in Sault Saint Marie, Mich. His coaching background includes assistant coaching duties at Iowa Central Junior College, Valparaiso University, Ind., and St. Lawrence University. He holds certifications as a USA Weightlifting sports performance coach, a performance enhancement specialist with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and a USATF Level I coach. From 2009 to 2010 he served on the NCAA Division II Track and Field Executive Committee as a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Representative.

Schmidt was a member of St. Lawrence University's Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year for the indoor 2006 season, and he received Lynchburg College's Coaches Award during his 2002 sophomore year. Schmidt's experience includes coaching two 2010 NCAA Division II All Americans in indoor triple jump and outdoor triple jump, one 2010 NCAA Division II National Champion in outdoor triple jump, eleven 2009 NJCAA Division I All Americans, two 2009 NJCAA Division I National Champions in indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon, and one 2010 USA Championship qualifying athlete.

schmidtg@bethanylb.edu