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Women's Track
Now entering his sixth year as UNI's associate head coach, Doug case has developed a reputation as an outstanding coach and an impressive recruiter, helping make Panther track and field a success. Case returned to his alma mater in 1999 to replace longtime assistant Bill Lawson and has since overseen UNI's team completely rewriting the school's sprint records. In all, a total of 14 sprint records have been set the past four years under Case's leadership, including the 60m, 100m, 200m indoor and 400m indoor and outdoor. In addition, the 2002 and 2003 men's 4x400 relays finished each season with a top 10 time on the NCAA performance list, both indoor outdoors. Prior to his return to UNI, Case spent the previous three seasons as the head men's coach at Drake University. Under his guidance, Drake set three school records during the indoor season and its distance medley team placed ninth at the NCAA Championships. Before coaching at Drake, Case served as an assistant track and cross country coach at Arkansas State where he helped send the men's and women's programs to nine Sun Belt Conference titles. Case's duties including serving as the Indian's recruiting coordinator and working with the hurdlers, throwers and multi-event competitors. At ASU, Case was responsible for recruiting 52 outdoor and 49 indoor individual conference champions. His recruiting classes included 39 NCAA Division I national qualifiers, four all-Americans and three Olympic Trials qualifiers. A former Panther standout in both sprinting and hurdling, Case established eight school records between 1982-86 and was an all-conference performer in the Mid-Continent Conference. He was a member of the school record holding 4x100 and 4x200 outdoor relay teams and the 440 indoor relay. Individually, he twice placed second at the AMCU meet in the 100-meter dash and finished third indoors as a senior. He was also a Drake Relays finalist in the 100 meters. "Doug is an outstanding, proven Division I coach whose record speaks for itself," says head coach Chris Bucknam. "To be able to attract someone of his caliber to our staff says a lot for our running program. He has big meet experience with the Drake Relays and an outstanding record with Arkansas State. I really think he brings us up a notch." A Marshalltown, Iowa native, Case received his bachelor's degree in physical education from UNI in 1987. He then went on to coach at Wartburg College, where he served as assistant coach from 1988-89. He and his wife, Chris, reside in Cedar Falls with their children -- Kelsey, Lauren and Cameron. |
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