Dan Gerber begins his second season on the St. Scholastica Track & Field coaching staff in the 2014. Gerber, who is the jumps and multi coach for the Saints, competing for CSS head coach Kirk Nauman at Saint Mary’s University for three seasons where he broke 11 schools records and was a team captain in 2006 and 2007.
Gerber helped coach Kevin Wagner to the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships last season in the Decathlon. Wagner became the first CSS decathlete to compete at the NCAA Championships.
The Belvidere, Illinois native graduated from Saint Mary’s in 2007 and moved on to be an assistant coach at Johnsburg Junior High School in Illinois for a year where he coached five state qualifiers. He then moved on to be the assistant track & field and cross country coach at Eastern New Mexico University where he coached sprints, hurdles, jumps and multi for two years. In his time, he had athletes break 14 school records and coached Kyle Harris to a 14th place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Division II championships.
The last two years, Gerber was the assistant track & field and cross country coach at Abilene Christian University in Texas. There he coached three national champions in LaVance Williams in the long jump (outdoor) and Amanda Ouedraogo in the triple jump (indoor) in 2012 and Desmond Jackson in the 200-meter dash in 2011. He also guided 11 All-Americans, nine conference champions and 12 all-conference athletes. He was also part of the 2011 Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Division II National Championship teams.
