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		Head Coach Phil Lundin
		Head Coach
		4th Season in 2011-12
		MIAC Championships: 2008
		NCAA Team Appearances: 2008, 2009
		Alma Mater: Augsburg College
		E-mail: lundin@stolaf.edu
		Office Phone: 507-786-3254

THE LUNDIN FILE 1974: Graduated from Augsburg College 1976: Earned master's degree from University of Minnesota 1986: Assistant at University of Minnesota 1995: Took head coaching job for University of Minnesota 2003: Named Division I and Big 10 Coach of the Year 2008: Named St. Olaf head coach

Phil Lundin, formerly the head men's track and field coach at the University of Minnesota, was named head men's cross country and track and field coach at St. Olaf, athletic director Matt McDonald announced on May 8, 2008.

Lundin (luhn - deen), a four-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, replaced Bill Thornton who retired after nearly four decades of service at St. Olaf.

Lundin spent 12 years at Burnsville High School as a health and physical education teacher and coach before

moving to Minnesota as an assistant in 1986. In 1995, he was named the Golden Gophers' head coach.

Lundin led Minnesota to a combined five top ten finishes at the NCAA's - three indoor and two outdoor - and four Big Ten titles. Over his last ten seasons at the U, the Lundin-led Golden Gophers have been first or second at the Big Ten's Outdoor Championships eight times.

In 2003, he was named the United States Track Coaches Association Division I Coach of the Year, the Midwest Region Coach of the Year and the Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading his team to the league's outdoor crown, a seventh place finish at the NCAA Indoor's and ninth place at the NCAA Outdoor's. In that season, the Gophers also earned their first Midwest Regional Outdoor title in school history.

His student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well. Under Lundin, Minnesota has touted eight Academic All-America selections and 81 Academic All-Big Ten honors.

Lundin graduated from Augsburg, where he captained the football and track and field teams, with a degree in physical education in 1974. He was inducted to the Auggies' Hall of Fame in 1998.

He picked up his master's in physical education in 1976 and his Ph.D. in biomechanics 1983, each from the University of Minnesota.

Lundin and his wife of 33 years, Susan Breun, reside in Apple Valley and have two children: Daniel and Teresa.