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Coach Whitman

Assistant Coach Joseph Whitman 

Joseph Whitman has joined the Alma College Cross Country and Track and Field coaching staffs for the 2007-08 seasons. He is two years removed from an outstanding career as a runner for the Scots.

Since graduating from Alma College with a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise and Health Science in April of 2005, Coach Whitman has spent time as a MHSAA official, a Physical Education Teacher at Fulton Middleton Elementary School, and as a Middle School Girls Track Coach at Fulton Middleton.

While a runner at Alma College, Whitman received first and second team All-MIAA honors, was named the Team MVP of Alma College Track in 2004 and Cross Country four times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005).  Whitman also served as Captain on five different teams while representing the Scots. Whitman also served as a Resident Assistant for two years and holds a Level 1 USATF Coaching Certification

Coach Whitman brings Alma College experience and a history of success in the program that will allow him to not only help the student-athletes excel in competition, but also in every aspect of the Alma College experience.

 

 

Many of Alma’s pre-law graduates go on to attend prestigious law schools, including 2004 graduate Jessica Karbowski, who was accepted at Yale, Stanford and Harvard law schools and is attending Yale. Colin McGlaughlin, a 20004 graduated enrolled at Case Western Reserve Law School, is the first American to intern at the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands.

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Coach Profile

Jim Cole

Jim Cole
Graduation: 1974

Jim Cole '74 enters his 17th season at the helm of the Scots. In 2004, Cole led the Scots to the MIAA title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national playoffs, the second time in three years the Maroon and Cream advanced to the NCAA postseason.

A former All-MIAA and All-District quarterback for the Scots, Cole draws on the championship experiences of playing for the 1970, '71 and '72 MIAA co-champions and coaching the 1988 co-champ's defense.

Cole sports a career mark of 94-60-0, placing him tied in all-time wins at the College with Brooks (94-86-0, 20 seasons).

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