Phil Hummel

Phil Hummel attended high school in Sidney, Iowa where he lettered in football, basketball, track and baseball. He attended college at Tarkio, Missouri, where he lettered in football and track. His coaching career started in 1957 in Woodbine, Iowa, where he coached of cross country and boys track. Through the years he has also coached basketball and football in addition to cross country and track. He has been a classroom teacher for 38 years and a coach for 41 years during which his teams have won over 100 cross country and 210 track meets. – Boys State Track titles in 1989-92. – 1A Boys Track 1998 Runner-up – Boys State Cross Country titles in 1986-87. – 1A Boys Cross Country 1995 Runner-up – Girls State Cross Country champions in 1984. – nine times his 4×800 relay has won this event at state competition while holding the record twice. – Two runners have held the 800 meter record. – 16 Districts, 21 Conference Championships – 1988 Iowa Athletic Association Nominee for National Coach of the Year in Cross Country – 1996 National High School Athletic Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year in Track Phil has contributed to track and field in other ways. He has served as IATC Regional Representative, Vice President, President, and Boy’s track representative for the Iowa Athletic Coaches Association. He has been selected IATC regional coach of the year 18 times and state coach of the year four times. He has served as a referee at the Drake Relays and is presently a permanent member of the Boy’s Jury at the Drake Relays. He has been a member of the IHSAA Track Advisory Committee was the Iowa Athletic Coaches Association’s representative for cross country coach of the year. A certified official with USA track and field, he has served the past two years as coach of track athletes for USA track and field competition in China. In 1985 Phil was inducted into the Sidney High School Hall of Fame, Tarkio College Athletic Hall of Fame 2002, and last year the Omaha World Herald coach of the year – the first time this award was given to someone who wasn’t a football or basketball coach. The background this person has in cross country and track and field has him in demand as a speaker at clinics in Iowa and Nebraska. Phil’s family include his wife JoAnn, a business education teacher for 30 years, a son Alan and a daughter Gail.