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Meet the Coach
Brian Yowler– Interim Track & Field Coach
(Men and Women)
A new era has begun in 2009 with the hiring of Brian Yowler as Geneva’s new cross country coach for men and women and interim head track and field coach for men and women. Yowler has spent three years as an assistant coach for both cross country and track & field. With a passion to coach and participate in distance running, Yowler has made an enormous impact on the Geneva cross country program in his first three years as an assistant. He has also played a significant role in training the Geneva distance runners in the spring for track & field.
Yowler is still very active in his own racing life as he has continued to run marathons himself with a total of nine under his belt, including Boston. “Being active in my own running life is an important element of coaching these student-athletes,” explained Yowler. “Our runners feel like I am in the trenches with them at every practice and competition.”
Yowler graduated from IUP in 1994 before heading to the Penn State University College of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Penn State in 2002. In addition to taking on the new responsibilities of head cross country coach, Yowler will continue working as a professor in Geneva’s Biology department.
Yowler and his wife Tracy reside in Beaver Falls with their two children.