Coaching Accolades at Fort Hays State University
Cpmpleted 6th Season in 2023-24 |
| • 17 All-MIAA performers |
| • 12 athletes contributing to All-MIAA relay teams |
| • 4 MIAA Champions (Philip Landrum - 2019 indoor 60m, Matthew Pieper - 2021 indoor heptathlon, Nolan Churchman - 2023 indoor heptathlon & outdoor decathlon) |
| • 18 individual All-Americans (Nolan Churchman 5x - 2024 indoor heptathlon, 2023 outdoor decathlon, 2023 indoor heptathlon, 2022 outdoor decathlon, 2022 indoor heptathlon | Matthew Pieper 1x - 2021 indoor heptathlon | Mattie Rossi 9x - 2023 outdoor heptathlon, 2023 outdoor 400m hurdles, 2023 indoor pentathlon, 2022 outdoor heptathlon, 2022 outdoor 100m hurdles, 2022 outdoor 400m hurdles, 2022 indoor pentathlon, 2022 indoor 60m hurdles, 2021 outdoor heptathlon | Taylor Savolt 3x - 2024 outdoor 400m hurdles, 2024 indoor pentathlon, 2023 outdoor 400m hurdles) |
| • 2 athletes contributing to All-American relay teams (Nolan Churchman - 2021 outdoor 4x400m, Jack Pakkebier - 2021 outdoor 4x400m) |
| • 66 NCAA DII national qualifying marks |
| • 11 USTFCCCA All-Academic individual awards |
Jonathan Graupmann completed his third season as associate head track & field coach at Fort Hays State University in 2023-24 and his sixth year overall with the Tigers after beginning his tenure as assistant coach in the summer of 2018.
He coached 20 All-American performances at Fort Hays State, including nine from Mattie Rossi, six from Nolan Churchman, three from Taylor Savolt, one from Jack Pakkebier and one from Matthew Pieper. His student-athletes have achieved 66 NCAA Division II qualifying marks during his tenure in addition to 17 individual All-MIAA awards, 12 All-MIAA awards on relay teams and four individual MIAA champions (Philip Landrum - 2019 indoor 60m, Matthew Pieper - 2021 indoor heptathlon, Nolan Churchman - 2023 indoor heptathlon & outdoor decathlon). His athletes have earned 11 USTFCCCA All-Academic awards.
Graupmann previously spent five seasons at Central College, where the team won 28 Iowa Conference championships in horizontal jumps and sprinting events.In addition to having his athletes earn All-American status 10 times, he's seen 90 All-Iowa Conference performers in his events.
Prior to Central College, Graupmann coached the 2013 season at Texas Lutheran University as an assistant women's track and field coach. He coached for two seasons at Tiffin University and also spent time on the coaching staff of Marietta College in Ohio (2009-11). Graupmann directed the Northern Kentucky Track Club for a year after graduating from college while also serving as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Dixie Heights (Ky.) High School.
A 2007 graduate of Division III Ohio Northern University, Graupmann was a five-time Ohio Athletics Conference sprint champion and earned All-America distinction in the 4x100-meter relay in 2005.
Coaching Certifications
USATF Level 3 | World Athletics Level 5 – Sprints, Hurdles, Relays (2012)
USATF Level 2 – Sprints, Hurdles, Relays (2010)
USATF Level 2 – Endurance (2011)
USATF Level 2 – Jumps (2012)
USATF Level 2 – Throws (2023)
USATF Emerging Elite Camp – Sprints, Hurdles, Relays (2011)
USATF Emerging Elite Camp – Jumps (2014)
USATF Level 1 Instructor – (Since 2013)
Education
Bachelor of Arts, History & Political Science - Ohio Northern University (2007)
Master of Humanities, Creative Writing & English Literature - Tiffin University (2016)
