Lonnie Speidel begins his 11th season at Cornell College. The 2010 campaign is his fifth as an assistant on Dan Schofer's cross country staff. Speidel enters his 11th year as head track and field coach.
Prior to coming to Cornell, Speidel spent three years at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., (Aug. 1997-July 2000) which produced four Missouri Valley Conference championship teams and five MVC runner-up teams during his tenure as an assistant coach.
Speidel graduated from Mount Vernon (Ill.) High School in 1993 and Elmhurst (Ill.) College in 1997, earning a bachelor's degree in physical education while competing in cross country and track and field. He was team captain for the Bluejays during his senior campaign. He earned a master's degree in sports management from Illinois State in 2000.
Speidel has completed his USATF Level II certification for the sprint/hurdles/relays, jumps, endurance, throws and multi-event areas. He is also a USATF Certified Level 1 instructor.
Under Speidel, Cornell's track and field programs have set 102 school records in the past 10 seasons. The Rams have also crowned 10 all-Americans, one NCAA automatic qualifier, 42 NCAA provisional qualifiers, 18 Iowa Conference champions and 73 all-IIAC performers.
Cornell's track and field athletes also excel in the classroom. Ninety-two student-athletes have been named to the IIAC Track & Field All-Academic Team in the past 10 years. The 2010 women's track and field team was honored by the United States Track & Field Coaches Association as an all-Academic Team.
Speidel resides in Lisbon with his wife, Keri, and sons, Baylor and Brody.
