Mount Mercy News
 
Track & Field - Thu, Aug 5, 2010
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Jamie Jimison has been hired as Mount Mercy's head men's and women's track & field coach, Athletic Director Scot Reisinger announced today.
Jamie Jimison
Jimison will also serve as assistant men's and women's cross country coach. Ryan Scheckel, the school's head track & field and cross country coach since 2001-02, will remain head coach of the cross country programs and will be an assistant coach for track & field. Scheckel is a six-time conference cross country coach of the year and a six-time league track & field coach of the year.

"Coach Scheckel has done an outstanding job of building both the cross country and track & field programs at Mount Mercy," said Reisinger. "The decision to create another position allows us to not only continue, but build on the success the program has had.

"We are excited to have Coach Jimison join our coaching staff," continued Reisinger. "Jamie's five years of experience as a successful head coach at the NAIA level made him a top candidate immediately, but his coaching philosophy and commitment to the students are a perfect fit for Mount Mercy athletics."

Jimison was head track & field and cross country coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky., from 2005-09. In five seasons, he had 13 NAIA national championship qualifiers, including 10 all-Americans and a national champion. Jimison also had five NAIA Scholar-Athletes during his tenure. He was the Appalachian Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2009 after leading the Bulldogs to the outdoor track & field team title.

Jimison graduated from Berea College in Berea, Ky., in 2003 with a B.A. in physical education and health. He served as an assistant track & field coach with the Mountaineers in 2004, then went on to earn a M.A. in physical education and health from Union in 2008.

"I'm excited to be at Mount Mercy," said Jimison. "Ryan (Scheckel) has put the track and cross country programs in a great spot by bringing in outstanding student-athletes. I want to jump in, build on that momentum, and take the program even further."