Lewis University Athletics

A standout runner and coach for the Flyers, Bob Schultz has built a coaching career spanning more than three decades, highlighted by conference and regional championships, NCAA Division III national championships, national records and numerous Coach of the Year honors.
 
As a student-athlete at Lewis, Schultz earned All-GLVC honors in cross country in 1987 and was a member of the first Lewis men's cross country team to qualify for the national championships in 1988. He graduated from Lewis in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.


(Schultz in 1988)
 
Schultz began his collegiate coaching career at Elmhurst College, where he served as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach from 1994-2002. He guided the women's cross country program to three College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championships and two top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.
 
He returned to Lewis as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach from 2002-05, leading the Flyers to four GLVC track and field championships and two GLVC cross country championships. He earned six GLVC Coach of the Year honors during his three seasons at Lewis.
 
Schultz then spent nearly two decades at Loras College, serving as head men's and women's cross country coach from 2005-23 and head men's and women's track and field coach from 2005-13 before becoming an assistant coach through 2024. During his tenure, Loras won three NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and two indoor titles. He also coached five athletes who set NCAA Division III all-time records. His cross country teams won two NCAA Central Region championships and six American Rivers Conference titles, and produced two top-10 NCAA Division III national finishes and individual national champions in 2021 and 2022. Schultz also coached a five-time national champion in women's track and field.


(Schultz with one of his national championship trophies)
 
He earned Iowa Conference Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year honors five times, NCAA Central Region Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year honors twice, and Iowa Conference Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year honors twice.

Schultz and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Joey and Justin, and two grandchildren.