Track & Field, Cross Country
- Title:
- Cross Country Track Assistant Coach
Randy Hasenbank is entering his fourth season as head cross country and assistant track coach for the Alabama women[apos]s team. Before taking over the program in the fall of 2006, the cross country team had just one All-SEC performer since 2000 and no athlete had garnered All-South Region honors since 1999.
In Hasenbank[apos]s three seasons at the helm of the women[apos]s cross country team, he has had at least one NCAA All-South Region performer in his three years including freshmen Sara Vaughn and Kelsey Johnson. Hasenbank has guided three freshmen (Haley Moody, Vaughn and Johnson) to a spot on the All-SEC team. In his first cross country season with the Tide, Hasenbank led Julia Hicks to an All-Region team honor and the NCAA Cross Country National Championships, the Tide[apos]s first NCAA qualifier since 2000.
In the spring of 2008, Hasenbank added eight-time junior college National Champion, Betty Rotich to the squad. Betty made an immediate impact to the Crimson Tide garnering All-SEC honors in the indoor 5,000m and outdoor 10,000m. In addition, Rotich became the first distance runner to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 2000.
The 2008 season was the most prolific campaign in the last decade of Alabama cross country. Hasenbank led a team comprised of mostly underclassmen (10 of 13) to a seventh place finish at the SEC Championships and an eighth place finish at the NCAA South Region Championships marking their highest finish at both meets since 2000.
Hasenbank coached his second athlete (Vaughn) in four years to a NCAA Championship appearance. He coached Vaughn and Johnson to the 2009 USA Junior National Cross Country Championships where Vaughn advanced to the IAAF Junior World Cross Country Championships.
In the spring of 2009, Hasenbank coached freshmen Vaughn and Andrea Torske to the third and fifth All-Time best performances in school history in the 3,000m steeplechase. Fellow freshman Johnson qualified for the Mideast Region Championships in the 1,500m and 5,000m.
Hasenbank joined the Alabama staff following four years at Wichita State where he served as head coach of the men and women[apos]s cross country teams and assistant coach for the track and field program. He led the Shockers to the 2005 MVC Cross Country Championship.
Hasenbank coached Wichita State athletes to 64 All-MVC honors. Hasenbank had athletes break 13 school records while coaching 13 female athletes to NCAA qualifying marks. He coached 18 student-athletes to individual MVC Championships, 12 Regional qualifying marks and nine NCAA qualifying marks. In addition, his athletes earned four NCAA All-American honors, the Midwest Regional Athlete of the Year and the MVC Athlete of the Year.
Hasenbank, a former steeplechaser, has enjoyed much success coaching the event as his athletes have earned eight NCAA regional qualifying marks and five NCAA qualifying marks. Most recently, Hasenbank coached Desiraye Osburn to a 9:47 effort in the event, which was good enough for No. 10 All-Time in U.S. history.
From the spring of 1990 until the spring of 1993, Hasenbank worked at Cloud County Community College, in Concordia, Kansas, where he served as assistant men[apos]s and women[apos]s track and field coach, head men[apos]s soccer coach, intramural director and instructor.
As an athlete, Hasenbank earned junior college All-American honors as a member of the Cloud County track and field/cross country team. At Wichita State, he was an All-MVC performer and helped lead the nationally ranked Shockers to the 1989 MVC Cross Country Championship. A member of the Wichita State Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll, Hasenbank earned a Bachelor[apos]s degree in Physical Education in 1990 and a Master[apos]s degree in Sports Administration in 1995, both from Wichita State. Hasenbank is married to the former Lennis Whitehair, of Abilene, Kansas.
The Hasenbank File
Date Hired: August, 2006
Hometown: St. George, Kansas
High School: St. George High School, 1984
College: Wichita State University, 1990 (B.S. Physical Education) and 1995 (M.S. Sports Administration)
Coaching Experience
· The University of Alabama
o Assistant Track/Head Cross Country Coach (2005 - Present)
· Wichita State University
o Assistant Track/Head Cross Country Coach (2002 - 2005)
· Andover High School
o Head Track/Cross Country Coach (Fall 1994 - Spring 2002)
· Cloud County Community College
o Assistant Track Coach, Head Soccer Coach (Spring 1990 - Spring 1993)
Accomplishments as a Coach (at Alabama)
· Six All-SEC performances
· Three All-SEC Freshman Team Selection
· Four All-South Region performers
· One All-Mideast Region performer
· Three NCAA Qualifiers
· Eight Alabama Top-Five All-Time Performances
Accomplishments as a Coach (at Wichita State)
· 64 All-MVC performers
· 18 MVC Champions
· 13 School Records
· 12 Regional Qualifiers
· Nine NCAA Qualifiers
· Four NCAA All-Americans
· Coached Midwest Regional Athlete of the Year
· Coached MVC Athlete of the Year
· 2005 MVC Cross Country Coach of the Year
· 2005 MVC Cross Country Champions
Accomplishments as a Coach (at Andover)
· Named Class 4A Girls Cross Country Coach of the Year
· 90+ All-State performers
· 20+ school records
· 60+ League, Regional, and State Champions
Accomplishments as a Coach (at Cloud County)
· Coached nationally ranked men[apos]s soccer team to back-to-back NJCAA Regional Soccer Finals in 1992 & 1993
Accomplishments as an Athlete
· Junior College All-American
· All-MVC
· Member of 1989 MVC Cross Country Championship team (Wichita State)
· Wichita State Athletic Director[apos]s Honor Roll
