Head Coach Dan Zeimet

Dan Zeimet begins his seventh season as the head coach of the St. Ambrose University men’s and women’s cross country teams in 2009.

From 1999-2002, Zeimet served as the head cross country coach at Assumption High School in Davenport. At Assumption, his boy’s squad finished in the top 5 at the Iowa state meet in '01 and '02 while also winning the Mississippi Athletic Conference Championship in 2001. Zeimet was named Iowa Class 2A Boy’s Southeastern Area Coach of the Year in 2001. Zeimet was named Midwest Classic Conference Women's Coach of the Year in 2004 and again in 2005. In 2006, 2007 & 2008 he was named Midwest Classic Conference Men's Coach of the Year.

Zeimet, who graduated from SAU in 1991 with an undergraduate degree and again in 1996 with an MBA, was a 2-time XC national qualifier while running as a Bee. He was inducted into the St. Ambrose Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. He also serves as the University Registrar and as an assistant coach on the St. Ambrose track and field team. Coach Zeimet and his wife, Melissa, have two children, Tyler James and Leah Rose.

Zeimet's coaching career at SAU by the numbers

• 1 - Team qualified for NAIA XC National Championships - 2008 (M)
• 3 - Men's Midwest Classic Conference Championship (2006, 2007, 2008)
• 2 - Women's Midwest Classic Conference Championships (2004, 2005)
• 5 - MCC Coach of the Year Awards - 2004 (W), '05 (W), '06 (M), '07 (M), '08 (M)
• 14 - Runners who have advanced to the NAIA National Meet (8 men, 6 women)
• 8 - Runners named to NAIA Region VII All-Region teams (2 men, 6 women)
• 22 - Runners named to the MCC All-Conference team (10 men, 12 women)
• 26 - Runners named NAIA Academic All-Americans (4 men, 12 women)

Dan Tomlin - Assistant Coach	Beth Cunningham - Graduate Assistant