Central College Athletics

Jonathan Graupmann joined the Central track and field and cross country coaching staffs in 2013.

Just four years into his time at Central, Central has won 26 Iowa Conference championships in horizontal jumps and sprinting events. In addition to having his athletes earn All-American status 10 times, he's seen 85 all-Iowa Conference performers in his events.

A 2007 graduate of Division III Ohio Northern University, Graupmann was a five-time Ohio Athletics Conference sprint champion and earned all-America distinction in the 4x100-meter relay in 2005.

Graupmann came to Central from Texas Lutheran University, where he spent the 2013 season as an assistant men's and women's track and field coach. He also spent time on the coaching staffs of Marietta College in Ohio (2009-11) and Tiffin University in Ohio (2011-12). Graupmann directed the Northern Kentucky Track Club for a year after graduating from college, while also serving as assistant track and field and cross country coach at Dixie Heights (Ky.) High School.

Graupmann has also had extensive training through USA Track and Field (USATF) and has earned USATF Level 3 certification in sprints/hurdles/relays while receiving Level 2 training in endurance events and jumps and also attaining International Association of Athletics Federations Level 5 coach distinction.

He also received a Master of Humanities with a concentration in creative writing and English literature from Tiffin University (Ohio) in 2016.