During his first ten seasons at EMU, Parks' teams qualified for the National Championship meet nine times at either NCAA Division I, II or NAIA. In the following five years, each of his teams qualified to either an NAIA Championship meet or NCAA Division II Championship meet. Prior to his passing in 1967, Marshall hired legendary cross country and track and field coach, Bob Parks.īob Parks took over as head coach in 1967. Marshall was President of the National Cross Country Coaches' Association in 1951. Eastern's outdoor track named in his honor. Marshall was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1968. His teams won 14 Interstate Intercollegiate Conference (CCC) championships, still the highest number of championships ever by an EMU coach. Also led the team to a runner-up finish in the 1965 NCAA-College Division championships. Marshall directed EMU's only national cross country national championship, the 1966 NAIA national cross country title. Served as the track and cross country coach for 35 years. In 2004, he was admitted into the Eastern Michigan University College of Education Hall of Fame. Track and Field Hall of Fame and the Eastern Michigan University Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to the honors already mentioned, Olds received the Eastern Michigan University Distinguished Alumni Award, and was elected to both the N.C.A.A. When he retired in 1963 he was still an active member of nineteen professional committees. While coaching cross country and track and field full-time, Olds taught over thirty different courses in the professional preparation program during his thirty nine years at Eastern. Pan American Track Squad that competed in Mexico City in 1957, the only EMU coach to serve on an Olympic and Pan American Games teams. In 1937 he was appointed chairman of the Pan American Athletic Association and later served as manager of the U. He was also chairman of the National Track and Field Association from 1946 to 1950. Track and Field Sections from 1940 to 1943. In 19 Olds was named as assistant track coach to the U. Coach Olds is the sole EMU coach to coach an Olympic team. By the late 1930s, the Michigan State Normal College was known as a track and cross country school. His cross country squads attained an astounding 926 winning percentage, the highest ever at EMU and one of the highest ever in the country. Olds developed the Normal School track and field and cross country program into a national power. His reputation as an outstanding coach was known throughout the country. Olds worked with the Michigan State Normal College track and cross country teams for 25 years. EMU joins the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA, in 1966, and won their first NAIA title. In 1955 Michigan State Normal College changed its name to Eastern Michigan College, then changed it to Eastern Michigan University in 1959. MSNC were National Junior AAU champions in 1954. Former assistant coach George Marshall officially became the schools second head coach in 1942. This record stands as NCAA's longest streak. Notre Dame delivered the team's first dual meet loss in 1941. In 1938, Tom Quinn became the school's first NCAA Division I All-American. His assistant coach George Marshall filled in, and won Michigan State Normal College's seventh straight championship. Head coach Lloyd Olds coached for the 1932 Olympic team. Teammates Ed Morcombe, Jim O'Connor and Harold Bauer finished third, fourth and fifth respectively. He won the National AAU Junior Six Mile Cross Country race with a time of 31:33. 1929 was the year that Michigan State Normal College had a national champion in the form of Roger Arnett. The team was coached by the former club athlete, Lloyd Olds. In 1923, Michigan State Normal College became a varsity level sport. Michigan Normal College started a four-man cross country team coached by F. *(limited Mac school team participation 2004-2015 vs.1972-2003) His predecessor Bob Parks holds the other nine MAC championships.* (Parks=all Mac school participation, 1972-2000) Coaching staff Early years His predecessor, John Goodridge, won *ten MAC championships in his fifteen years as head coach. Its current head coach, Mark Rinker, started in January 2021. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), where it has won twenty team championships. The Eagles compete at the Division I level in the NCAA, but previously have been in the NAIA as well as Division II and III of the NCAA.
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