

Head Coach Michael Warta
Contact Info - Email: mwarta@coe.edu- Phone: 319-399-8550
Michael Warta joined the Coe staff in 2007. Warta is in charge of both the men's and women's track and field teams for the Kohawks. In just his first season, the Kohawks sent members of the track and field teams to both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships.
Warta came to Coe after spending the previous three years as head track and field coach at Clarke College in Dubuque. He also served as head cross country coach and director of strength and conditioning during his time at Clarke. Warta previously had stints at Lynchburg College and Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Warta has coached 12 individual NCAA Division III All-Americans and five All-American relay teams. As an athlete himself, he qualified for six NCAA Division III Championships and was a four-time All-American.


Graduate Assistant Coach Brian Flynn
Contact Info - Email: bflynn@coe.edu - Phone: 319-399-8033
Brian Flynn came to Coe in 2006, serving as a
graduate assistant for both the cross country and track and field programs.
As a Lynchburg College Hornet, Brian Flynn played a prominent role on both the track and the cross country teams.
Flynn was a 2003 National Qualifier on top of being a two-time All-Region performer and a four-time All-Conference runner in Cross Country. Flynn was also an impressive distance runner on the Hornets track team, earning five Old Dominion Athletic Conference individual championships and 12 All-Conference titles.
By the time Flynn graduated from Lynchburg College in 2005, he had been a member of eight conference championship track teams and two conference championship cross country teams.