Marc Bierbaum
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- Title:
- Director of Cross Country Track & Field
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- Phone:
- 402-679-1273
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- Email:
- mbierbaum@iwcc.edu
Bio
Marc Bierbaum is entering his third season as the Director of Cross Country Track & Field and his seventh season overall at Iowa Western in 2024-25
During his time at the program's helm, Coach Bierbaum's teams have brought home 14 individual NJCAA national championships as well as the 2024 women's indoor track & field team title. 12 teams have earned top-5 finishes at nationals and 147 athletes have earned All-American status in the past two seasons, breaking 38 IWCC records. Coach Bierbaum was named the ICCAC and USTFCCCA Midwest Region Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2023 and the USTFCCCA Men's and Women's Cross Country Midwest Regional Coach of the Year in 2024.
Before being named Director of CC/T&F, Coach Bierbaum spent four seasons as the cross country and track & field distance coach for the Reivers, and during that time, he produced 15 national champions, 74 NJCAA All-Americans, 23 ICCAC Region XI champions, 162 All-Region XI athletes, and 165 national qualifiers, with his athletes breaking 22 school records in four years
Prior to starting at Iowa Western Coach Bierbaum was the head cross country and track coach at Missouri Western State University. While at MWSU Bierbaum was tasked with building the new Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track programs from scratch. During that time MWSU saw its first two NCAA DII All-Americans in Indoor and Outdoor Track. His teams saw 22 All-Conference athletes, 10 provisional marks, one All-Region XC runner, and 22 athletes earned All-Conference academic honors.
Prior to Missouri Western, Bierbaum was the Assistant Women’s Cross Country and Track Coach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. At UNO, Bierbaum coached two National Qualifiers, one Conference Champion, two All-Region performers, and had 36 All-Conference selections. His teams broke 13 school records and had 213 Academic All-Americans.
Prior to UNO, Bierbaum served as the Head Coach for Men’s and Women’s Cross Country at Dana College. At Dana, he coached a National Champion, five All-Americans, 40 National Qualifiers, five Conference Champions, and one All-Region performer. Bierbaum’s squads also had 44 All-Conference selections, breaking eight school records, and had 93 Academic All-Americans.
Coach Bierbaum was a three-time national qualifier at Dana College, graduating in 2001 with his BA from the school in Blair, Nebraska. Coach Bierbaum resides in Council Bluffs with his wife Jill and their two daughters, assistant coaches Maggie and Josie.