Central College Track Camps

Central College Track Camps
Camp Staff

Guy Mosher, camp director

Nationally recognized decathlon coach Guy Mosher is in his 18th year on the men's and women's track and field staff at Central and his fourth season as associate head coach. He works with the sprints, hurdles, jumps and combined events.

Mosher has coached athletes who have captured all-America honors more than 160 times in 12 events, including 15 national champions in seven events. He's also worked with Central's 4x400-meter relay teams which have posted all-America finishes 20 times, including three national championship units and five runners-up.

Mosher served as coach for decathlete Kip Janvrin in the 2000 Olympics in Australia. Under his direction, athletes have won six national decathlon/heptathlon crowns with five runners-up while gaining all- America honors 24 times.

In 1998, Mosher was selected to serve as a coach for the U.S. national decathlon team at the U.S. vs. Germany Decathlon in Lubbock, Texas. In 1997, he coached the U.S. junior decathlon squad in a meet against Canada.

Mosher is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He also spent three years as assistant men's and women's cross country coach for the Dutch.

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Joe Dunham, head coach

Former St. Norbert College (Wis.) coach Joe Dunham is in his first season as head men’s and women’s track and field coach at Central College. He's also serving as head men's and women's cross country coach.

A three-time all-America cross country honoree who also earned track and field all-America recognition at Denison University (Ohio) and Keene State College (N.H.), Dunham served as head track and field coach at St. Norbert for four seasons and cross country coach for three years. He resigned following the 2007 spring season to enter private business. During his tenure at St. Norbert, the Green Knights broke 41 school records and had numerous NCAA Division III meet qualifiers while capturing an individual national title in the 800 meters. His squads consistently placed near the top of the Midwest Conference despite not having an on-campus track facility.

Earlier Dunham spent two years as an assistant at Trinity College (Conn.), helping the women’s cross country squad place second in the 2003 NCAA Division III meet. He earned a master’s degree at Trinity.

“I’m elated to be part of such a strong tradition,” Dunham said. “The success of the whole athletics department at Central makes this a really attractive position. I felt a real sense of excitement on campus and think this is a great opportunity.”

Dunham has lofty goals for the Dutch.

“(Coach) Kevin (Sanger) did such a great job in building the program, I think the pieces are in place,” he said. “There are a lot of things Central has that many other schools wish they had. That’s what makes this so exciting.”

“We are excited to have Joe Dunham join our staff,” athletics director Al Dorenkamp said. “Kevin Sanger did an outstanding job in establishing a solid program and a great tradition. Now Joe brings experience to our staff as a head coach and understands the challenges of recruiting as he competed against some very strong colleges and universities in Wisconsin during his years at St. Norbert.

“Joe and his family will fit in very well with our staff and community. He’s extremely anxious to get back into coaching track and field after a year in the business world. His heart and passion are in coaching track and field and helping develop young people.”

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Stephen Fyfe

Stephen Fyfe is in his 10th season on Central’s men’s and women’s track and field staff and also serves as associate head coach for men’s and women’s cross country.

Fyfe was the interim head cross country coach for the 2006 and 2008 campaigns before being promoted to associate head coach for the 2009 season.

A 1987 Central graduate, Fyfe earned three varsity letters in cross country and four in track and field. He continues to compete in road races on the masters level and has completed 13 marathons. Fyfe received his masters and doctoral degrees at Iowa State University and serves as an associate professor of computer science at Central.

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Bryan George
• Assistant track and field coach, entering second season
• Former graduate assistant at Illinois State Univ.
• All-America middle distance runner at Central
• All-conference, all-region cross country runner
• Track and field MVP, co-captain

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Eric Pingel

Eric Pingel is in his ninth season as assistant men's and women's track and field coach at Central. He works with the sprint, hurdle, and jumping events.

Pingel, a Northwestern College graduate, also attended Central and was a two-time NCAA Div. III all-American for the Dutch in the decathlon, placing second nationally in 1992. He placed in seven events in the Iowa Conference and was also a NAIA all-American for Northwestern in 1993.

Previously Pingel served as head boys' track coach at Spirit Lake Park High School. He teaches biology at Pella High School where he is also assistant cross country coach. Pingel is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

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Mike Marcinkowski

Mike Marcinkowski is in his ninth season as an assistant coach for the Central College men's and women's track and field teams.

A native of Elkhart, Ind., Marcinkowski served as a high school coach for 10 years in Indiana. He participated in the shot put and discus at Indiana State University and continued throwing competitively until 1998. He won the shot put and discus at the World Police and Fire Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1996.

Marcinkowski is a graduate of Indiana University and currently serves as the chief of police for the Pella Police Department.