(Uncle) Brian Mondschein leaves legacy of success @ Kutztown

[rainbowgirl28]

This is VTechVaulter's uncle.


http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/stude ... in8-06.asp

Summer, 2006

Mondschein Leaves Legacy of Success

By Matt Santos
University Relations

On July 31, Kutztown University said good-bye to its most successful coach in school history when Brian Mondschein stepped down from his head track and field post.

Mondschein joined his wife Lauri, KU’s former associate athletics director, in Louisiana. Lauri became the assistant athletics director at University of Louisiana-Monroe in December.

Prior to Coach Mondschein’s arrival at KU in 1992, the landscape of the KU athletic department was much different. In the first 100 years of existence dating back to 1890, athletics (all sports combined) at Kutztown had captured a total of 10 championships ---- six of those 10 titles were conference championships. Since 1994, the KU athletic program has captured 52 championships at the conference, divisional and regional levels. Twenty-eight of those championships have been conference championships --- a school- record 18 of those titles were won by Brian Mondschein’s track and field teams.

It can be argued that a head track & field coach has four opportunities to win, or to lose, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championships in any given year. Even with that consideration, Mondschein has capitalized on 32% of his opportunities, which is one of the best ratios in school history.

“Brian helped raise the bar for the track and field programs in the league during his tenure at KU,â€Â

[vaultmd]

I trained with and lived next door to Brian ifor a short while n the late 70's. I'm not surprised at all with his teams' successes over the years. Brian's an awesome dude and I'm sure he'll succeed when someone is smart enough to hire him in LA.