Cross Country Coach
Head Coach: Brian Hull (5th season)
Email: bhull@ozarks.edu
Brian Hull begins his fifth year as the Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach. Hull, a native of Eureka Springs, Ark., was the assistant men’s and women’s cross country coach at Ozarks from 2001-2003. Hull has quickly transformed the men's and women's cross country teams into competitive regional programs. The 2011 season was another banner year for each. For the second straight season, the men's team finished second at the American Southwest Conference championships, its highest finish since 1996. Four of his runners earned All-Conference honors and another was named Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year. Two of his men's runners earned ASC Runner of the Week honors. Hull's program continues to received regional and national recognition. Two runners made the USTFCCCA All-Region Team. Jeremy Provence earned two separate national awards - Capital One Academic All-America honors and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors - following the 2011 season. In addition, Provence was named the ASC Scholar Athlete of the Year for cross country. And, David James was voted the Ozarks' Male Athlete of the Year for the 2011-2012 school year. As a tem and for the first time in program history, the Eagles broke into the top-10 at the NCAA III South/Southeast Regional. The men also posted wins at the Arkansas D-III Championships and the Ozarks Invitational during the year. The women's program had an outstanding season, finishing seventh overall at the ASC Championships, its highest finish since 2006. Ashley Teague was named ASC Runner of the Week twice and earned a spot on the Capital One Academic All-America Team for the second straight year. The women's program posted a win at the Arkansas D-III Championships and finished second at the Ozarks Invitational in 2011. A combined runners 13 made the ASC All-Academic Team in 2011. Hull's men's and women's team received another first when it was awarded the team academic award from the USTFCCCA, an honor given to teams with at least a 3.10 grade point average. In 2010, Hull also coached three All-Conference runners, the ASC Freshman of the Year and the ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year. Six of his men's runners received conference All-Academic honors. Two of his runners were named to the USTFCCCA All-Region Team and one of his runners was voted the school's Male Athlete of the Year. On the women's side, Hull's program produced a member of the Capital One Academic All-America Team, the only ASC school to do so, and a pair of conference All-Academic honorees during the 2010 campaign. His men's team had five top-5 finishes in 2010 and three during the 2009 season. In 2009, he had four runners compete at the NCAA III regionals in North Carolina, with one of his runners earning USTFCCCA All-Region Team honors there. Two of his men's runners were named to the ASC All-Conference Team and he had a combined six runners earn ASC All-Academic Team status following the 2009 season. Hull coached the men's ASC Freshman of the Year in 2008. Hull's success at Ozarks began as a student - he was a four-year cross country letterman at Ozarks and was named All-Conference in 1997. He was American Southwest Conference Runner of the Week twice during his career. He graduated from Ozarks in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He earned his master’s degree in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University in 2007.
Student Assistant Coach: David James (1st season)
Email: jdjame038@ozarks.edu
David James begins his first year as the Assistant Men’s and Women's Cross Country Coach. James, a native of Parthenon, Ark., completed a stellar four-year career in 2011. James ended his career as one of the most decorated runners in program history as he was a three-time All-Region runner, four-time All-Conference performer, two-time ASC Runner of the Week honoree, ASC Freshman of the Year and ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year. He owns the second fastest 8K time in school history with a time of 25:57.84. He was on the ASC All-Academic Team twice during his collegiate career and was voted the 2011-2012 Ozarks' Male Athlete of the Year. At Jasper High School, he earned All-State four times. He is currently pursuing his degree in physical education.