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Head
Coach David Nash
Phone: 712-274-5334
E-Mail: nash@morningside.edu
 The Mustangs' track & field and cross country programs have made significant strides during the tenure of head coach David Nash.
Nash was named the 2009 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year after he led the Mustangs to a third place finish in the conference meet, a No. 12 NAIA national ranking, and the college’s first-ever appearance as a team at the NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championships. The Mustangs won three team championships during the 2009 regular season.
He was also named the 2009 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Co-Women's Indoor Coach of the Year after he led the Mustangs to a fourth place finish at the GPAC Indoor Championships for their highest finish ever at the conference meet.
Nash, a 1990 Morningside graduate, was previously
the head boy's and girl's cross country coach and an assistant
track coach at Sioux City West High School.
As a collegian,
Nash was one of the most successful middle distance runners
in Morningside history. He earned All-America honors in the
800-meters as a senior. Nash still holds Mustang indoor records
in the 1500-meters (3:58.30) and mile (4:15.30) and outdoor
records in the 800-meters (1:51.03) and 1500-meters (3:57.50).
Nash is also part of school-record holding relay teams in
the outdoor 4x800-meters (7:44.32) and the indoor 4x800-meters
(7:50.64).
Nash is a highly
successful amateur runner at the national level and was named
2003 Master's Male Athlete of the Year by USA Track &
Field (USATF). He was the 2005 USATF outdoor national champion in the 1500-meters and 800-meters in the 35 to 39-year-old division and broke the age group record in the 800-meters with a time of 1:54.91. Nash was the 2006 Sioux City Relays champion in the 800-meters by running a time of 1:52.85 at the age of 38.
Nash has eight years
of experience as an assistant track coach at Morningside and
has also been an assistant track coach at the University of
South Dakota and Sioux City West and Wilton High Schools in
Iowa.
As head cross country
coach at Sioux City West, Nash's boy's teams consistently
won city and conference championships and qualified for the
state meet at the team or individual levels.
The Iowa High School
Athletic Association presented Nash with the Bernie Saggau
Coaching Award for sportsmanship, citizenship, and integrity
in 2000.
Nash holds a master's
degree from the University of South Dakota.
Nash's assistant
coaches are:
Terry Koebernick, a long-time track & field coach at South Sioux City (Neb.) High School, who works with hurdlers and high jumpers.
Koebernick was the head coach at South Sioux City for 25 years, where he coached Anne Shadle, who went on to compete for the Univeristy of Nebraska and became one of the nation's premier female runners.
He was previously the head coach at Lincoln Central High School in Gruver, Iowa, where he coached a state championship girl's shuttle hurdle relay team.
Lynn Olesen, who will work with the Mustangs' pole vaulters. Olesen was a NCAA Division II indoor All-American in the pole vault in 1995 and 1996 when he competed for South Dakota State University, where he still holds the school's indoor record at 16-6 3/4. Olesen was a two-time NCAA Academic All-American. He was the 1992 South Dakota Class A state champion in the pole vault as a prep at Arlington High School.
 Chris Nordstrom, a 2009 Morningside graduate, works with the Mustangs’ long sprinters and middle distance runners.
He was a two-time NAIA national qualifier in the 800-meters and the 3200-meter relay during his Morningside career. Nordstrom was a captain for both the Mustangs’ cross country and track & field teams and was a Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete as both a junior and senior.
 Lisa Ryan works with the Mustangs’ hurdlers and distance runners. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where she earned All-America honors in field hockey. Ryan, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, was a state champion in the 100-meter hurdles and the 800-meters during her prep career.
Ryan, a meteorologist at KMEG TV in Sioux City, is certified in personal training, core training, plyometrics, sprints, and zumba.
Stan Simpson, who coached Lawton-Bronson High School's boy's track & field team to a state championship in 1991, who works with hurdlers, weight throwers, and middle distance runners. Simpson coached Lawton-Bronson to 10 Maple Valley Conference championships in his 16 seasons as head coach. He received a state coach of the year award in 1991 and a regional coach of the year award in 1995. Simpson set a school record in the high hurdles during his prep career at Ogden High School in Iowa and was a four-year letterwinnner in track and football at Wayne State College.
 Jeff Seagren, a former standout at the University of South Dakota, works with the Mustangs’ sprinters, jumpers, and multi-event athletes.
Seagren earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at South Dakota, where he was a graduate assistant coach for the Coyotes from 2009-11.
He was a standout athlete for the Coyotes and earned all-conference honors 11 times and was a member of two North Central Conference championship teams. His primary events were the decathlon, the triple jump, and the 400-meter intermediate hurdles.
Seagren, a graduate of Wausa High School, was a seven-time Nebraska state meet qualifier during his prep career.
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