Aurora University
Spartan Men's and Women's Cross Country

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: James Kluckhohn
UW - La Crosse
Fourth Season

James Kluckhohn enters his fourth season as the head coach of Aurora University's cross country as well as the track and field programs. He is the first track and field coach in the history of Aurora Univesity.

Kluckhohn's Spartans captured the 2005 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Women's Cross Country Championship and he was named NIIC Women's Coach of the Year. AU also captured the 2006 Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Track and Field Championship Meet and he was named the 2006 NIIC Men's and Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year.

Kluckhohn comes to the Spartans from Chicago where he was the head cross country and assistant track and field coach at North Park University. Prior to his three-year stay at North Park, Kluckhohn was the interim head track and field coach at Texas Lutheran University, an NCAA Division III institution in Seguin, TX. He was an assistant for three years in cross country and two years in track prior to becoming interim track and field coach. He also served as a cross country assistant at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he was a part of a National Championship in 1996.Kluckhohn is no stranger when it comes to starting a program from the ground up. While at Texas Lutheran University, he helped, as an assistant coach, to pioneer both the women's cross country and track and field programs. Overall, the team finished second in the American Southwest Conference in their first season.

As a student athlete, Kluckhohn ran for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse cross country and track team. The seven-time University of Wisconsin-La Crosse scholar athlete was named cross country team captain in 1993. Kluckhohn received his B.S. in physical education and his M.S. in human performance from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, as well as his C.S.C.S. (Strength and Conditioning) certification. He is a member of the United States Track Coaches Association and National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is married (Kari) and has two sons (Jacob and Nathaniel).