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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's "green" residence hall, Wright Hall, was completed in January 2005. The modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall features a number of environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling, recycled-content ceiling tiles and carpeting, energy-efficient windows, rooftop solar heating panels, energy-efficient showers and washing machines, and a computerized energy monitoring system.

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Coach Profile

Dennis Griffin

Dennis Griffin

Denny Griffin is heading into his 27th year at Alma College and his 20th at the helm of the Scots softball program. He moved into the head softball coaching position in 1989 after two years as assistant coach. His teams have never fallen lower than third place in conference standings and 12 of his last 14 teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to his softball duties, Griffin is the program director for the Athletic Training Education Program. He teaches first aid/CPR and sports medicine classes in the Exercise and Health Science Department.

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