Cross Country Coaches
Head Coach - Brad Hofer is in his first season as head men's
and women's cross country coach at Simpson. From 2004-06, he was the assistant
men's and women's cross country coach at Simpson. Hofer is in his fifth season
as an assistant men’s and women’s track and field coach for the Storm. Hofer
earned All-American honors on three occasions in the distance medley and 4x400m
relay for Wartburg College. He was a multi-time national qualifier in cross
country and on Wartburg’s 4x400m relay team. He also qualified for the outdoor
national meet in the 800m as a junior for the Knights. Hofer owns his own
business, Hofer Fitness Training and Consulting, which is based out of
Acceleration Iowa in Urbandale. Email Coach Hofer
Assistant Coach - Chris Cunningham is in her first season as
assistant men’s and women’s cross country coach at Simpson. A 1992 Simpson
graduate, Cunningham (nee Wickering), was a three-time NCAA Division III
Championships qualifier, earning All-American honors in 1991 with a 20th place
showing. She earned All-Region honors in 1988 and 1991. Cunningham was the
first Simpson cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA Division III
Championships. Cunningham became the first Simpson runner to ever win an Iowa
Conference individual cross country championship, posting the honor in 1988.
She was also named Iowa Conference MVP in 1988. Cunningham earned
All-Conference honors a total of four times, coming in fourth as a junior and
as a senior and seventh as a sophomore. As a member of the Simpson track and
field team, Cunningham won the 10,000m at the Iowa Conference Outdoor
Championships as a sophomore, junior, and as a senior. She also won the 5,000m
at the Iowa Conference Outdoor Championships as a junior. Cunningham has served
as head cross country coach at Clear Lake and Osage High Schools as well as an
assistant cross country coach at Knoxville High School. She has also served as
head girls’ track and field coach at Clear Lake High School.