Coaches
Justin Miller - Head Coach - Shot Put, Discus & Javelin
Assistant Football Coach
justin_miller@bismarckschools.org - 701-527-4818
Coach Miller is in his 17th year of coaching track and field at Century High School. He spent the first 10 years as an assistant throws coach, 3 years as a co-head coach, and the last 4 seasons as solo head coach. During this time, CHS has won 6 state titles. Prior to coaching at Century, Coach Miller was a student-athlete at Century, graduating in 2006. He placed 4th at State in the discus that year. After high school, he graduated from the University of Mary with majors in physical education and elementary education. He is currently an elementary physical education teacher in BPS. He is also an assistant coach on the football team for Century.
Tim Jacobsen - Assistant Coach Hurdles & Relays
tim_jacobsen@bismarckschools.org
Coach Jacobsen has 26 years of track and field coaching experience. Coach Jacobsen graduated from Dickinson High School, while there he competed in football, basketball and track and field. He graduated from North Dakota State University and competed in football and track and field. Coach Jacobsen completed his master’s degree from the University of Wyoming. During his long career, he has coached multiple hurdle state champions, sprint champions and many short relay champions. Over the last 26 years he has also coached football, swimming and diving, strength and conditioning, baseball and youth soccer.
Ron Wingenbach - Assistant Coach Sprints & Relays
Head Football Coach
ron_wingenbach@bismarckschools.org
Coach Wingenbach has 39 years of track and field coaching experience; thirty-three @ Century High School and six years @ Carrington High School. During that span, he has served as Head Coach for eleven years and as an assistant for twenty-eight. Wingenbach has been a part of six State Championship teams at Century as an assistant coach. Ron graduated from Dickinson State College in 1984 majoring in Math Education and started his coaching and teaching career at Carrington that fall. He was hired by Bismarck Public Schools in 1990 and has been at Century High School since teaching in the Math department. He has also been a head football coach since 1984 and enjoyed fifteen years as an assistant basketball coaching during this tenure.
Rich Hovland - Assistant Coach Jumps
rich_hovland@bismarckschools.org
Coach Hovland is a Rugby High School and Valley City State College graduate.This is Coach Hovland's 34th year coaching track at CHS and 38th year overall as a track coach. He previously coached in Steele and Bottineau. He has also coached Football, Girls and Guys Basketball, & Baseball in his career and enjoyed being a part of 12 state titles, 9 of them at CHS. This is his 112th season as a high school coach. Coach Hovland has coached multiple individual state champions in the jumps and many all-state jumpers.
Brad Lies - Assistant Coach Middle Distance & Distance
Head Cross Country Coach
brad_lies@bismarckschools.org
Coach Lies is in his 25th year as a track and field coach. He has been a part of eight North Dakota Class A Track and Field Championships. Two of which were with the Grand Forks Red River Girls Track & Field team in 2000 and the Century Girls Track & Field Championship in 2005. He has also been a part of the Century Boys Track & Field titles from 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022. Coach Lies has coached many individual and relay teams to state championships along with coaching many all-state runners. He also serves as the Boys Cross Country coach, where his teams have won four state championships: 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. He and his staff have coached 40 All-State runners and 65 All-Conference runners. Coach Lies is a 1993 graduate of Grand Forks Red River High School and a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where he competed in track and field. He currently teaches visual arts at Century High School.
Jess Schulte - Assistant Coach Pole Vault
jlclausnitzer@gmail.com
This is Coach Schulte’s 7th season at Century. She is a 2005 graduate of Century High School, the current 100m hurdle record holder and a two time North Dakota state champion in the pole vault. She was a part of the 2005 State Champion track and field team. After high school, she was a student-athlete at the University of North Dakota from 2005-2009. During her collegiate career, she earned four conference titles, was a two year team captain and named Track and Field MVP in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, she earned two NCAA Division II All-American awards in the pole vault. The same year she was named to the USTFCCCA Women's All-Academic Track and Field Team, the NCC Commissioner's Academic Indoor Track and Field Honor Roll and the NCC Commissioner's Academic Outdoor Track and Field Honor Roll. She later served as the interim Head Women's and Men's Track and Field Coach at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. In addition, she is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
Larry Walker - Assistant Coach Shot Put & Discus
larry.walker@proximal50.com
Coach Walker coached football for 28 years, wrestling for 15 years, and track, specifically the throwers, for 13 years at Killdeer High School. He was the head track coach for five years. He retired from teaching in 2012. Then he and his wife moved to Grand Forks. While there, he coached the throwers in Hillsboro-Central Valley for six years. They moved to Bismarck in 2018. He’s been the assistant throws coach at Century for the past five years. He is presently employed by Proximal50 Life Center in Bismarck.
Annika Stone - Assistant Coach Distance
annika_stone@bismarckschools.org
Coach Rotvold will be in her first year as a boys’ assistant coach. Coach Rotvold is a graduate of Hillsboro High School where she competed in cross country and track and field. As a Burro, Coach Rotvold was a part of four cross country state championship teams and was a top-4 finisher at the Class B State meet three times. In 2015, she was named the Class B Girls Senior Athlete of the year in cross country. On the track, she was a part of state championship relays in the 4x400 and 4x800 and was two-time runner-up in the 800. Coach Rotvold attended North Dakota State University, where she competed for the Bison cross country and track and field teams. At NDSU, she earned All-Summit League honors in cross country two times and owns a personal best in the 6k of 21:24. She ran personal bests of 4:17 in the 1500, 4:46 in the mile, 9:28 in the 3k, and 16:40 in the 5k in her time at NDSU. Coach Rotvold earned numerous All-Summit League finishes including 3rd in the mile in 2017, 2018, and 2019, 3rd in the steeplechase in 2017, 2nd in the 3k in 2018 and 2019, and in her final outdoor season she earned 3rd place in the 5k and was the runner-up in the 1500m. Upon graduation, she was ranked in the all-time top 10 at NDSU in a number of events including 3rd in the 1500, 4th in the 3k, 6th in the mile and was a member of the school record-holding DMR team in 2021. Coach Rotvold was also a two-time qualifier for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the 1500m. She graduated from NDSU in the winter of 2021 with a master’s degree in Exercise and Nutrition Science, and is starting a job as a Health Coach at Profile Plan in August.
Dan Murphy - Assistant Coach Shot Put and Discus
daniel_murphy@bismarckschools.org
Coach Murphy is in his 5th year of being an assistant throws coach for Century High School track and field. Prior to coaching at Century, Coach Murphy graduated from Century in 2013 where he was a 2 time state qualifier in shot put and placed 4th his senior year. After high school, Coach Murphy was a 4-year starter at University of Jamestown as an offensive lineman from 2014-2017, where he graduated with a secondary-education History degree. He is currently employed at Horizon Middle School and Legacy High School as a Social Studies/Communications teacher, along with being an assistant football coach for Century High School.
Brandon Schaffer - Assistant Coach Throws
Coach Schaffer is in his 3rd year of being an assistant throws coach for Century High School track and field. Prior to coaching at Century, Coach Schaffer graduated from Century in 2019 where he was a 2 time state qualifier in the javelin and placed 4th his senior year. He also qualified in pole vault and placed 5th his sophomore year. He was also a 2-time National Qualifier for the javelin. He currently holds the Freshman/ Sophomore pole vault record at Century as well as being 6th all-time in pole vault (14’) and 3rd all-time in the javelin (182’4”) at Century. He also has the biggest career improvements from freshman year to senior year (74’4”). After high school, Coach Schaffer went to Minnesota State University Moorhead for track and field. He is currently employed at Bread Poets and the Bismarck Rural Fire Department.
Levi Rockey- Assistant Coach Throws
Competed for the North Dakota State after high school. Placed 4th in both the shot put and the weight throw at the Summit League Championships … Shot put personal-best of 58-11.50 (17.97m) at the conference meet, ranking 11th in NDSU indoor history … Weight throw PR of 61-05.00 (18.72m) at the Summit League meet.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the shot put, 4th in the hammer throw, and 5th in the discus at the Summit League Championships … Discus personal-best of 171-0 (52.13m) at the USD Early Bird, ranking 11th in NDSU history … Hammer throw personal-best of 198-11 (60.63m) at the Bobcat Invitational … Shot put season-best of 57-04.75 (17.49m) at the conference meet.