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Head Coach
Marlon Brink
Years at Wayne State:
Seven years
Education:
Bachelors Degree - Midland Lutheran, 1991
Masters Degree - University of South Dakota, 1999
Contact Information:
Phone: (402)375-7507
E-mail: mabrink1@wsc.edu
Marlon Brink enters his seventh year as the head men's and
women's cross country coach for Wayne State College. He is
also in his seventh season as the head coach for the men's
and women's track and field program. Brink guided the WSC
men's cross country team to a first place finish at the 2005
NSIC Championships, while the women finished second. The men
and women also finished 9th and 13th, respectively at the
North Central Regional Championships in 2005. Brink was also
named the 2005 NSIC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year
after leading the Wildcats to a first place finish at the
NSIC Championships.
Under his tenure, WSC athletes have won 35 (17 indoor, 18
outdoor) individual NSIC championships for men and 25 more
for women (12 indoor, 13 outdoor) in track and field to go
with 11 All-Conference male cross country performers and six
women All-Conference runners. In the past four years, Brink
has helped Wayne State host several regional and conference
championship events. They include the 2003 NCAA North Central
Regional Cross Country Championships, the 2004 NSIC Indoor
Track and Field Championships, the 2004 NSIC Cross Country
Championships and the 2006 NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Wayne State College will host the 2006 NCAA Division
II North Central Regional Cross Country Championships on November
4 at the Wayne Country Club.
Brink spent six years at Mount Marty College in Yankton,
S.D. He spent his last five years at Mount Marty as the head
coach of the men's and women's cross country and track and
field programs. He was an assistant coach with the Lancers
during the 1994-95 season.
Brink was instrumental in building successful programs at
Mount Marty. He took over the programs in their third year
of existence and quickly turned them into one of the top teams
in the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference. He has coached
34 SDIC individual conference champions, 16 NAIA Scholar-Athlete
award winners and 9 NAIA All-Americans. In addition, 72 school
records have been set or broken during Brink's tenure.
The Lancer women's track team placed 20th at the NAIA Outdoor
National Championships. On the men's side, the cross country
team placed second at the 1995 SDIC Championships, while the
indoor track and field team finished second at the SDIC Championships
in 1998.
Brink, a native of Atkinson, Neb., began his coaching career
as an assistant coach at South Dakota State University. He
spent two years with the Jackrabbits.
A 1991 graduate of Midland Lutheran College, Brink was a
standout cross country and track and field performer for the
Warriors. He qualified for the 1990 NAIA National Cross Country
Championships, and he was a two-time national qualifier in
the marathon. In 1991, Brink placed 12th at the NAIA Outdoor
National Championships. In addition, Brink earned three NAIA
Scholar-Athlete awards.
Marlon and his wife Jeanne are the parents of a daughter,
Courtney (1 1/2), and newborn son Andrew (June 29, 2006) and
they reside in Wayne.
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