Chris enters his 4th season as an coach with the Tigers, the 2019 season being his 1st as Head Coach. Coach Wood has extensive background and training in strength and conditioning implementation and programming for student-athletes. Wood, originally from Mount Vernon, competed in 5 high school sports, before choosing to pursue soccer at Wartburg College. After multiple injuries, Wood continued to pursue working with athletes by helping out with multiple athletic programs and their strength and conditioning programming.

Wood is currently 1 of 4 high school counselors at Cedar Falls High School. In his role he helps serve students in academic, social/emotional and college and career preparation.

Wood received his BA in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Public Relations as well as a minor in Business Administration from Wartburg College in 2009. In 2013, Wood received his Masters of Arts in Education, with an emphasis in School Counseling from the University of Northern Iowa

Currently in his third year coaching girls high school track after volunteering one year before, all at CF. Also entering his second year of coaching Peet Junior High 7th grade boys basketball.

Born and raised in the Cedar Valley area, Demetrius graduated from Northern University High in 1999, where he competed in football, basketball and track. He earned all-state honors in all 3 sports. Short sprints and long sprints were events competed in for track and won team state title 1998. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching and watching his and other kids play sports, spending as much time outside as he can in summer and fall. Currently works at John Deere Waterloo,IA.

Christopher enters his 3rd season coaching for the Tigers. This will be his season first coaching distance.

He is from Marion, Iowa, and attended Marion High School, where he competed on the cross country and track teams.

He currently is a senior at UNI majoring in math education and political communication.

His other interests include traveling, hiking, reading, and photography.

Coach Harms has an extensive background in track and field and returns to Cedar Falls after beginning his career with the Tigers as a coach nearly 25 years ago. Coach Harms was most recently Head Girls track coach at Hudson where he led the Pirates to 10 consecutive NICL-East outdoor team times. Between 2009-2015, they finished in the top 3 teams at state 6 times. He has coached over 15 state meet event championships and 20 runner ups. We are excited to welcome Coach Harms back to the Tigers.

Coach Duffy was born and raised in New Hampton Iowa. New Hampton is where she graduated High School. While in High School she participated and placed in Drake and at State. After graduation Coach Duffy was selected to participate on a team representing the state of Iowa. Coach Duffy went to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) where she participated on the track & field team. While with UNI she was a two time All- MVC, graduating from UNI in 2005 with a BA in Business. She remained in Cedar Falls Iowa after graduation and she currently works for a local non-profit

My name is Emily Dvorak, and I’m a senior at UNI from Carroll, Iowa. I ran track (hurdles and mid-distance) and cross country for six years throughout middle and high school, sprouting my love for running. My involvement in athletics and passion for service led me to pursue a degree in Health Promotion: Global Health and Humanitarian Assistance and Nonprofit Management. After graduation, I hope to pursue a career focused on community capacity building. I’m also a lover of food, dogs, volunteering, and environmental health.