Kalamazoo College promoted David Dimcheff to head men's and women's cross country coach on August 1, 2006. Dimcheff served as assistant coach for 12 seasons (1994-2005), with primary responsibilities for the men's program, prior to being named head coach. Dimcheff led the women's team to a third-place finish in the MIAA during his first season as head coach. The men's team finished fifth. In 2008, the women's team again finished third as Allison Iott became the first women's runner in school history to win the MIAA Championship Meet and earn league MVP honors. Iott went on to earn All-American honors with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA III Championships. In 2009, Kalamazoo's Jillian McLaughlin placed seventh at the Great Lakes Regional after finishing ninth the year before. As an assistant, Dimcheff helped guide the men's team to several second-place finishes in the MIAA, most recently in 1999. The 1997 team qualified three runners for nationals and finished the season ranked fourth in the region. Dimcheff has coached six runners who have qualified for nationals, including four that have qualified multiple times. Dimcheff also had the opportunity to coach two-time All-American Kory Kramer. Dimcheff attended Ann Arbor Greenhills High School and helped lead them to two MHSAA Class D State Championships. Dimcheff began his collegiate career at Emory University in Atlanta and helped the Eagles finish 12th in the country. Dimcheff transferred back home to the University of Michigan and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors running for the Wolverines. Dimcheff graduated from Michigan in 1990 with a degree in political science. Prior to joining his current employer, Kalsec, Dimcheff spent
a year teaching English in China and a year studying Chinese
in Taiwan. Max Cherem Max Cherem begins his first season as an assistant coach for the Hornets in 2011. A three-year member of the Hornets' cross country team, Cherem graduated from Kalamazoo College in 2004 with a degree in philosophy. He was a co-captain during his senior year after spending his junior year studying abroad in Nepal. Following graduation from Kalamazoo College, Cherem earned a Fulbright scholarship and spent another year in Nepal doing research. Cherem then spent a year teaching English in South Korea before enrolling at Northwestern University where he is currently completing his Ph.D. Cherem resides in Kalamazoo and is also teaching in the philosophy department at Kalamazoo College. |
