Head Coach Heike McNeil

Heike McNeil begins her first season as the inaugural coach for the Northwest Christian men's and women's distance track teams. McNeil also serves as the head coach for the men’s and women’s cross country teams.

Coach McNeil began at NCC as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry since 2004, and quickly established a successful running club on campus, taking students and faculty to various road races and other running events. That club evolved into the current varsity teams, which begin competition in the Fall of 2006.

McNeil was a star runner at Linfield College from 1992-1996, participating in Cross Country and distance events for Track & Field. She was an All-American and All-American Scholar Athlete for the Wildcats in 1994. She was also an NAIA National Qualifier for the Marathon before graduating in 1996 with a BS in Chemistry.

Coach McNeil earned her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oregon in 2000. She has been married to her husband David for four years and they currently live in Eugene.