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Coach Chovanec

Assistant Coach Matt Chovanec

Matt Chovanec '91 has returned to coach Cross Country and Track & Field at Alma College under new Coach Gordon Aldrich.

Coach Chovanec graduated from Alma College in 1991 with a B.A. in History. While at Alma, Chovanec was a two sport four time letter winner in Track & Field and Cross Country. Chovanec was named All-MIAA twice, team co-MVP once and served as a co-Captain for the 1990 Cross Country team.

As a high school coach at Breckenridge, Chovanec has coached two individual state champions and has had his Track teams place in the top ten at states three times, while his Cross Country teams qualified for states four out of eight years including winning the Boys Class C Regional Championship in 1998.

Chovanec has been coaching at Alma College in some capacity since 2002 including serving as the Men's Head Track & Field Coach from 2004-2006.

Coach Chovanec teaches Social Studies and Physical Education at Breckenridge High School. Him and his wife Kimberly reside in St. Louis with their three children; Hunter, Colton, and Kyler.

Chovanec holds the Alma College 10,000 Meter Run record at Alma College with a time of (31:19.91)

 

 

Alma College is one of eight Michigan colleges and universities — and one of 270 out of 4,411 colleges and universities in the nation, or 6 percent — to hold membership in The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization.

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Judd Folske

Judd Folske

Judd Folske is entering his first year as Alma College Head Baseball Coach in the 2007-2008 season after spending two years as an assistant coach with the program. Coach Folske joined the Maroon and Cream in the fall of 2005 after stops at NCAA Division I Central Michigan University, and stints at Div. II schools Saginaw Valley State University and Ferris State University. He also serves the athletic department as assistant athletic director.

While head coach of the CMU Chippewas, Folske posted a 131-98 mark. In 2000, he finished in a tie for first in the MAC conference with a record of 41-17 (18-8). Folske retired after the 2003 season at CMU, and went to work as an assistant at SVSU, where he worked in that capacity for two seasons.

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