Ron Mann – Northern Arizona, Cross Country/Track & Field Coach, 1980-04
Mann was the NAU Director of Cross Country & Track & Field from 1980-2004, when he led the Lumberjacks men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs. He coached the 1991 women’s cross country team to a third-place finish in the NCAA Championships, the highest national finish by any women’s cross country program in Big Sky history. Mann’s teams made history in 1998, as NAU became the first school in conference history to win all four cross country conference titles (men, women, team, and individual) in the same year. He produced at least one Olympian in every summer Games from 1984 thru 2004. Mann coached a total of 103 student-athletes who earned All-America honors and 16 that finished among the top 10 at the NCAA National Championships.  Mann had athletes compete at 115 NCAA cross country and track and field championship meets. Mann was inducted into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame in 2018. Overall, Mann earned 56 Big Sky Coach of the Year awards, 58 Big Sky Team Championships across men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field.