Coaching Staff

Brennan Doan - Head Coach

Coach Doan is entering his 6th year as the Head Coach of the Century Girls track team, and 8th season of coaching track & field. A former Century High School graduate, Coach Doan was a 2nd team All-State selection for the football team and ran track & field for the Patriots. He went on to continue his football career and earn his bachelor's degree from the University of Mary. Coach Doan teaches physical education at Century, and lives in Bismarck with his wife Jill and two sons Archer and Brooks.


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Brad Townsend- Assistant Coach

Coach Townsend is in his 32nd year of track and field coaching (Century High School-23, Carrington High School-4, and Flasher High School-6). He earned his high school diploma from Carrington High School, his undergraduate degree from Valley City State University and his master’s degree from NDSU.  He has been an assistant coach on ten state championship teams (Carrington-3 and Century-7).  He currently teaches AP Psychology at Century High School and lives in Bismarck with his wife Kerri and daughter Irie.  


Events: Long, Triple, and High Jump

Email: Bradley_townsend@bismarckschools.org

Daniel Perez - Assistant Coach

Coach Perez is currently in his 6th year as the hurdles coach, and 9th season overall. He was previously the head track & field coach at Richland for three years before moving back to Bismarck. Coach Perez is a former Patriot and was a State Qualifier in the 110 hurdles, Long Jump, and 100m Dash. 


Events: Hurdles

Email: Daniel.perez300@Hotmail.com

Jessica Schulte - Assistant Coach

This is Coach Schulte’s 8th 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. 


Events: Pole Vault

E-Mail: jlclausnitzer@gmail.com

Justin Miller- Boys Head Coach

Coach Miller is in his 18th year of coaching track and field at Century High School and 8th year of leading the boys team. 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. 


Events: Javelin, Shot Put, and Discus

Email: Justin_miller@bismarckschools.org

Dan Murphy - Assistant Coach

Coach Murphy is in his 6th 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.


Events: Shot Put and Discus

Email: Daniel_murphy@bismarckschools.org

Brandon Schaffer- Assistant Coach

Coach Schaffer is currently in his 4th year of coaching for the Patriots. He was a state placer in both the pole vault and the javelin during his high school career as a Patriot and helped the boys win back to back team titles in 2018 & 2019.


Events: Shot put, Discus, Javelin

Email: Brandon_schaffer@bismarckschools.org


Larry Walker- Assistant Coach

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 6 years. He is presently employed by Proximal50 Life Center in Bismarck. 


Events: Shot put, Discus, Javelin

Email: Lawalk59@gmail.com


Alexa Spotts - Assistant Coach

Coach Spotts is in her 4th year of coaching the jumps for Century. A former Patriot, Spotts currently holds the school long jump record at 18'2" and helped lead the Patriots to 3 straight State Championships from 2013-2015. Coach Spotts graduated from NDSU and VCSU with a dual major in both Human Development & Family Science and Elementary Education with an endoresment in Reading. She is currently a teacher at Wachter Middle School teaching 6th grade Reading.


Events: Jumps

Email: alexa_spotts@bismarckschools.org


Kate Fox - Assistant Coach

Events: Distance

Email: Kate_Fox@bismarckschools.org


Caleb Yokom - Assistant Coach

Events: Distance

Email: Caleb_Yokom@bismarckschools.org


Levi Rockey- Assistant Coach

Events: Throws

Dalton Weisz - Assistant Coach

Events: Strength & Conditioning

Email: DaltontWeisz@gmail.com