2011 Women's Cross Country
In his years at Jamestown College, Clark's track and cross country teams have won 35 conference team championships, 17 NAIA District 12 or Great Plains Region championships, and he has been named District, Region, or Conference Coach of the Year 26 times. He has also coached 102 Jimmies who have earned All-American honors, including 5 individual National Champions, during his tenure.
A native of Woodworth, N.D., Clark has a degree in civil engineering, a profession at which he worked for four years before returning to school to enter education and coaching.
He was inducted into the Jamestown College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1985.
Andrew Gideon graduated from Jamestown College in 1993 with an English major, Secondary Education certification, and minors in Mathematics & Psychology. He played college baseball for the Jimmies.
He has 14 years of teaching experience at the junior high and high school level. Andrew has coached 47 seasons of sports: 12 boys basketball, 10 track & field, 10 girls basketball, 10 baseball (9 legion), and 5 cross country. Andrew has coached two state champion Montana pole vaulters: 2008 boys B champion & state record holder, 2009 girls B champion. He was also blessed to be a part of state champion teams: (1) as a player in 1986 for the Missoula Sentinel basketball team, (2) as an assistant coach for the Missoula Mavericks Legion baseball team in 1991, (3) for the MT Boys B Track Seeley-Swan HS in 2000, and (4) in 2007, he was an assistant coach for the State B Montana Boys XC champions (Thompson Falls Blue Hawks). He wrote a book on the experience (Harrier Hawks Fly High).
Andrew returned to Jamestown College August 1, 2011, in the roles of sports information director, assistant track & field, and assistant cross country. He will also be working on a Master's of Education Degree at Jamestown College.
Gideon has run 15 marathons, qualifying for the Boston Marathon 3 times. He also was the Montana State Champion for the 50 mile Le Grizz Ultra Marathon in 2007.
Andrew's favorite blessings in life are his wife Deborah (married 8-6-00), son Jaxon (born 9-16-04), and son Kaden (born 6-9-06). Ask him today about delivering 2 lb, 6 oz Kaden three months early in the back of a GMC Sierra extended cab pickup, on a MT highway!
