In his second role as a collegiate head coach, Jim Brewer was named Concordia’s head coach for cross country and track and field in the summer of 2011.

Brewer and his wife, Rachel, most recently began the aforementioned programs at University of Great Falls (MT) in 2007, and he piloted both squads through the 2010-11 academic year.

Before taking the position at Great Falls, Brewer served as an assistant coach over two stints (1996-97 and 2003-07) at his alma mater, Western Washington University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1998.

Brewer, who made community involvement a priority over his four seasons at Great Falls, has also been involved with Athletes in Action for several years, most recently serving as the men’s chaplain for a group of student-athletes to Kenya on a three-week trip in 2009.

An NAIA All-American runner as an undergraduate, Brewer began his coaching career at Stanwood (WA) High School back in 1990, and coached throughout his collegiate career at Mount Baker High School in Deming, Wash., and at Western Washington.

His first collegiate coaching stint came at Western Washington in 1996-97, the year before he graduated, and he returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2003, where he served until accepting his first head coaching position at Great Falls in 2007.

Brewer holds United States Sports Academy level III coaching certification.

He also holds U.S. Track and Field level II certification.

Mark Sellers joins the Concordia coaching staff as assistant cross country and track & field coach in 2011-2012.  Coach Sellers will help to guide student athletes to improve and be competitive, and help the Irvine roster grow and return the Eagles to competitive standing in the GSAC Conference.

Mark spent six years coaching with the Mt. Hood track and field team and was an integral part of rebuilding the Saints track and field teams to competitiveness in the NWAACC Conference.  His initial responsibilities were working as the jumps coach.  Later, in addition to jumps, Mark helped coach sprints, relays, and multi-events.  During Sellers' time at Mt. Hood, the Saints women finished second twice in NWAACC, while taking the Southern Region title twice.  The Saints men were consistently on the top half of NWAACC. In his six years with Mt. Hood Sellers was a part of, or directly coached, athletes that earned one NWAACC record, 30 NWAACC Individual Championships, 88 All-Americans, five women's school records, and 3 men's school records.

In addition to coaching at Mt. Hood, Mark joined the staff at Parkrose High School coaching the jumps for the 2008 season.  Mark's first coaching experience was coaching high jump and relays at Oregon City High School. 

Mark's athletic career began in Oregon City, Oregon were he played basketball, soccer, and competed in track.  After high school, Mark competed for Mt. Hood Community College and Portland State University in track and field.  Mark was an Oregon State Meet track and field competitor and placed third in NWAACC in the high jump for Mt. Hood. 

Mark earned an Associate's Degree from Mt. Hood Community College, a Bachelor's Degree from Portland State University, and is currently working toward a Master's Degree.  Mark currently holds two USATF Level II Coaching Certifications and an Association Level Officials Certification.

Rachel Brewer joins her husband and head coach, Jim Brewer, in 2011 as an assistant for the Concordia cross-country and track & field teams. Brewer's coaching experience includes seven years as an assistant at the collegiate level (University of Great Falls and Western Washington University) and four years at the high school/middle school level.

Prior to moving to Montana in 2007 to help her husband start up a new cross-country/track & field program at the University of Great Falls, Brewer was a math and science teacher for 10 years. She earned her undergraduate degree in education, physical science, and mathematics from Northern Arizona University and went on to earn her master's degree in counseling from Regent University.

A lifetime runner, Brewer, earned twelve state championships from the state of Washington in cross-country/track & field for Cascade High School. She then continued her running career as a scholarship athlete for Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. Living and training at 7,000 feet above sea level, Brewer helped lead the nationally-ranked women's team to a top 10 finish at the NCAA Division I cross-country championships in 1996. She individually qualified for the NCAA DI track & field championships in 1998 for the 3,000 meters.

Brewer's personal bests include 16:55 for the 5K (cross-country), 9:28 for 3,000 meters, 4:28 for 1,500 meters, 2:12 for 800 meters, and 4:48 for the mile.

In addition to running and coaching, Brewer enjoys playing the piano, cooking, backpacking, camping, spending time with her family, and being a mom. Brewer, and her husband, Jim, will celebrate their 10 year anniversary this November and their son, Holden, will turn 2 in February.