Sports: Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Coach

Inducted: 2014

Cross Country & Track & Field 1976-1996

Jerry Hussard

STARTED THE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM AT IOWA, 1977; BIG TEN CROSS COUNTRY COACH OF THE YEAR, 1989; BIG TEN CROSS COUNTRY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, 1982; TWO TOP-10 FINISHES AT THE NCAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS (1980, 1982); AND COACHED THREE NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (INCLUDING IOWA’S FIRST FEMALE NCAA CHAMPION), 50 ALL-AMERICANS, 44 BIG TEN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS, AND 12 ATHLETES THAT COMPETED IN OLYMPIC TRIALS.