Track and Field Media Guide
Track and Field Media Guide
Track and Field Media Guide
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Aaron Decker, Head Coach<br />
Coach Profiles<br />
Aaron Decker enters his first year as the head men’s <strong>and</strong> women’s track <strong>and</strong> field coach<br />
for North Park University. He served as an assistant for the past season.<br />
During the 2007 track <strong>and</strong> field season, Coach Decker worked directly with the sprinters<br />
<strong>and</strong> jumpers. This included the establishment of a school record in the pole vault for<br />
women <strong>and</strong> an addition to the Top 10 list for the men’s pole vault. Coach Decker has<br />
a wealth of knowledge in developing the total athlete <strong>and</strong> is an avid student of speed<br />
<strong>and</strong> acceleration development.<br />
Coach Decker began coaching at Illinois State University, where he was responsible<br />
for the complete development of the pole vault squad. There he coached three female<br />
athletes <strong>and</strong> one male athlete to top six performances in the NCAA Division I, Missouri<br />
Valley Conference. While working as a graduate assistant he was able to gain great<br />
experience working with the sprints <strong>and</strong> jumps coaches. He was an integral part in the<br />
summer track <strong>and</strong> field camp as well as a co-founder of the Redbird Vertical Jumps<br />
Camp. Coach Decker hopes to bring camps <strong>and</strong> clinics to the newly built facilities on<br />
North Park University’s campus.<br />
Coach Decker is USATF Level II certified in the jumps <strong>and</strong> received his master’s of<br />
science in exercise science from Illinois State University in May 2006 <strong>and</strong> his bachelor’s degree from Truman State, where he<br />
competed at the Division II level <strong>and</strong> trained with a Division II All-American decathlete in all event areas. He is also an adjunct<br />
instructor in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, <strong>and</strong> Athletics at Northeastern Illinois University.<br />
“North Park University has the potential to be a big impact in the CCIW in the near future. I look forward to working with the<br />
great bunch of athletes to help develop their social <strong>and</strong> athletic careers. An ‘All Conference Athlete,’ in my opinion, is one who will<br />
achieve academic success while also performing on the track or in the field. I build my philosophy of coaching around this pillar.”<br />
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