Head coach Jerry Monner begins his fourth year as the men's and women's track & field coach at Grand View College. Under Monner's leadership, the Viking track & field teams have won three conference championships with the women's track & field team winning their second consecutive Midwest Collegiate Conference title in 2008. In just three seasons at Grand View, Monner has coached 38 All-Conference athletes, 11 All-Conference relay teams, set 80 school records, and produced 12 NAIA National Qualifiers.

Along with his track & field and cross country coaching duties Monner is an instructor in Grand View's Health and Physical Education Department and serves as the track & field chair for the Midwest Collegiate Conference. He's also a current member of USA Track & Field and the National Throws Coaches Association.

Monner brings an impressive background to the Viking program after spending two years as head cross country and track & field coach at the University of Minnesota-Morris. In just his first two seasons as the head track and field coach at UM-Morris, his teams set a combined 26 school records, and he coached six All-Conference athletes. In 2004, Monner was voted UMAC Coach of the Year as his women's team won the school's first ever conference title in track and field, taking first place honors at the UMAC Conference Championships.

Prior to his position at Minnesota-Morris, Monner served as a graduate assistant track and field coach at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, for two seasons and was also an assistant track and field coach for one season at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

A native of Andrew, Iowa, Monner received his bachelor's degree in sports management and physical education from Iowa Wesleyan in 1999 and completed his master's degree in athletic administration at Loras College in 2002.

Assistant men's and women's track & field coach Brandon Bond begins his first season as a member of the Grand View coaching staff. Bond will assist in coaching multiple event areas for the Vikings this season.

Coach Bond competed for Grand View University in cross country and track & field. On the track he was a three-time MCC Conference Champion in the 3000m Steeplechase and also won conference titles in the 10,000m and High Jump. During the 2008 season he was voted the MCC Track & Field Male Athlete of the Year. In cross country Bond was a two-time MCC All-Conference selection and qualified for the NAIA National Championships during the 2007 season.

A native of Gowrie, Iowa, Bond will complete his bachelor's degree in Health Promotions from Grand View College in the Spring of 2009.

Assistant men's and women's track & field coach Briana Hahn begins her first season as a member of the Grand View coaching staff. Hahn is responsible for coaching the sprints and horizontal jumps for the Vikings and serves as an assistant for the men's and women's cross country teams in the Fall.

Coach Hahn is a graduate of Coe College where she was a four year letter winner as a sprinter and jumper for the Kohawks track & field team. She was also a three-time NCAA Division III National Qualifier in the triple jump.

A native of Clinton, Iowa, Hahn received her bachelor's degrees in History and Education from Coe College in 2004 and completed he master's degree in Sport Management at Northern Illinois University in 2007. Bri and her husband Aaron currently reside in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Assistant men's and women's track & field coach Jason Huegel begins his fourth season as a member of the coaching staff. Huegel is responsible for coaching the Viking pole vaulters.

During his previous three seasons at Grand View he coached the sprints, relays, and horizontal jumps. Over the past three seasons Huegel has produced four NAIA national qualifiers in the sprints, ten MCC individual conference sprint champions and coached eight relays to MCC conference titles. Under his guidance sprinters Tabatha Carlson and Miriam Chisala were named the 2008 and 2007 MCC Track & Field Female Athletes of the Year.

Coach Huegel is a graduate of Wartburg College where he was a two-time All-American and Drake Relays qualifier in the javelin and was also an All-Conference performer in the decathlon. Jason and his wife Rachel currently reside in Ames, Iowa with their daughter Evelyn and son Jayden.

Roberson serves as assistant track and field coach for Grand View College. Under his guidance Viking throwers have seen unprecedented success. While setting every school record and earning seven individual conference titles over three years the Viking throwers have also placed at the Midwest Collegiate Conference championships 40 times, earned three NAIA Scholar Athlete awards, qualified for NAIA National Championships twice, and set one MCC Conference meet record. In 2008 juniors Jordan Adams and Laura Schiltz qualified for nationals in the 35 lb weight throw and the javelin. Each finished in the top 11 in the nation.

A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Roberson is also in charge of all strength and conditioning programs for student athletes at Grand View College. He also directs the Viking Strength and Conditioning Room which is part of an addition to the Charles S. Johnson Wellness Center. The strength and conditioning room which opened in June of 2008 provides athletes with 10 "Power Lift" stations which allows for up to 50 athletes to train together in team setting. The room is set up for Olympic, ground based, and functional training designed to help athletes prepare for a competition at the collegiate level.

A 2002 graduate of Wartburg College, Roberson holds degrees in physics and secondary education. In his time at Grand View College he has developed year round programs resulting in major gains in strength, explosive abilities, flexibility, and conditioning levels. Four times Grand View student athletes have earned National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American Awards under his guidance.

Roberson is also the lead instructor each winter at the Viking Throws Clinic held on the campus of Grand View College. Over the past three years the clinic has seen participants from five states and has produced 11 Drake Relays qualifiers and 55 high school state meet qualifiers. Of those qualifiers 17 advanced to the finals in their events and three were crowned state champions.

Coach Roberson came to Grand View from Wartburg College where he served as the assistant throws and strength and conditioning coach for the track and field programs. He helped lead Wartburg to three conference titles and the 2005 NCAA Women's National Championship. While with Wartburg he worked with six all-conference, two conference champion, a school record, and two national qualifying throwers. As a collegiate athlete Roberson competed in multiple throws events, served as a team captain, was named to four academic all-conference teams, and was a two-time academic All-American football player. Roberson is also a USA Track & Field Level 1 Certified Coach. He is originally from New Hampton, Iowa.