Head coach Jerry Monner begins his fourth year as the men's and women's track & field coach at Grand View University. 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.