• Head cross country and assistant track & field coach for men and women
• Women's cross country statistics past five seasons
  • 2009 NCAA National Champions (17th in '11, 4th in '10, 5th in '08, 8th in '07)
  • Midwest Region Champions 2008, 2009 & 2010 (2nd in '11 & '07)
  • WIAC Conference Champions 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
  • 7 NCAA All-American Awards (1 in '07, 1 in '08, 2 in '09, 3 in '10)
  • USTFCCCA NCAA Division III All-Academic Team honors in '07, '08, '09, '10 & '11
    • 2009 USTFCCCA Scholar Team of the Year for Cross Country
  • 2009 NCAA Division III Women's Coach of the Year
  • 2009 & 2010 Midwest Region Women's Coach of the Year
  • WIAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
• Men's cross country statistics past five seasons
  • Individual or Team Qualifier for NCAA Nationals three of the past five years
  • 16th of 32 Teams at 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships
  • 5th at Midwest Regionals in 2009 (11th in '11, 6th in '10, 6th in '08, 16th in '07)
  • 5th at WIAC Conference in 2009 & 2011 (6th in '10, 4th in '08, 6th in '07)
  • USTFCCCA NCAA Division III All-Academic Team honors in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011
• Women's middle / long distance indoor & outdoor track statistics past five seasons
  • 8 NCAA All-American Awards
  • 7 WIAC Individual Conference Champions
  • 6 School Records
    • Distance Medley Relay – 11:50.06 (Sybilrud, Emberts, Peloquin, Humbach)
    • Indoor 800m, Maria Peloquin – 2:15.88
    • Outdoor 800m, Maria Peloquin – 2:12.84
    • Indoor Mile, Alyssa Sybilrud – 4:58.03
    • Indoor 5K, Mary Palmer – 17:17.04
    • 3,000m Steeplechase, Hannah Humbach – 10:29.66
• Men's middle / long distance indoor & outdoor track statistics past five seasons
  • Chris Wirtz - 2010 NCAA Division III Steeplechase National Champion
  • 13 NCAA All-American Awards
  • 5 WIAC Individual Conference Champions
  • 7 School Records
    • Distance Medley Relay – 9:59.45 (Zander, Dennis-Oehling, Adkinson, Easker)
    • 1500m, Jake Zander – 3:50.71
    • Indoor mile, Aaron Easker - 4:12.47
    • 3,000m Steeplechase, Chris Wirtz – 8:56.20
    • Indoor 5K, Thomas Breitbach - 14:17.63
    • Outdoor 5K, Thomas Breitbach – 14:09.60
    • 10K, Thomas Breitbach – 29:49.69
• Experience before UW-Eau Claire
  • Assistant cross country / track & field coach at UW-Platteville from 2004 to 2007
  • USATF Level II Certification in Middle/Long Distance Events (2003)
  • Graduate Assistant at Loras College from 2002 to 2004
    • Master's Degree in Physical Education (Summer 2004)
    • Middle distance coach for men and women for 2 seasons
  • Undergraduate work at UW-Stevens Point
    • Bachelors degree in Forest Management (December 2001)
    • Competed 4 seasons in Cross Country & Track
      • 2 time Cross Country All-American
      • 5 time Track All-American including
        • 2000 NCAA Division III Indoor 5K National Champion
      • 3 time WIAC Conference Champion (1500, Indoor 5K, Outdoor 5K)
      • 2000 GTE First Team Academic All-American in Track
      • 1999 WIAC Scholar Athlete Award Winner in Cross Country
• Married to Marcie who also coaches cross country and track at UW-Eau Claire

Last Updated: 8/14/12

• Coaches both men's and women's indoor and outdoor track programs; also serves as director of cross country
• Blugold men and women have been very successful on a national level, finishing in top 10 six times
  • Women - 2007 indoor (3rd); 2009 indoor (7th); 2009 outdoor (4th); 2012 outdoor (10th)
  • Men - 2012 indoor (2nd); 2012 outdoor (6th)
• WIAC Coach of the Year (women's indoor and outdoor) in 2008
• Blugolds compete well under Schneider
  • 57 individual All-Americans titles
  • 15 All-American relay teams
  • 48 conference championship titles
  • 49 school records broken
• Previous coaching experience
  • Graduate assistant coach at UW-La Crosse
    • Coached hurdles, long jump, triple jump and sprints for the 2002 indoor and outdoor NCAA Division III men's national champions
  • Assistant men's and women's track and field coach at UW-Platteville
    • Coached sprints, hurdles and all jumps
    • At UWP in 1995-96 and again from 1999-01
  • University of Wisconsin Learn-By-Doing Camp
    • Lead instructor for hurdles (2009)
    • Lead instructor for hurdles (2008)
    • Lead instructor for sprints (2007)
  • UW-La Crosse High School Learn-By-Doing Track Clinic
    • Lead instructor for sprints and hurdles (2002)
  • Madison High School Learn-By-Doing Track Clinic
    • Assistant clinician for sprints and hurdles (2001)
• Education & running career
  • Attended UW-Platteville, earning Bachelor's degree in 1995
    • National champion in the long jump and in the 400-meter hurdles
    • Eight-time individual All-American
    • Four-time UWP track and field most valuable athlete from 1992-95
    • Three-time team captain from 1993-95
    • Earned Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC) Academic All-Conference honors in 1994 and 1995
    • Named the UWP Student Athlete of the Year in 1994
    • Conference track athlete of the meet for the 1994 Conference Outdoor Championships
• Served as a middle school and high school physical education/health instructor for the Galena School District in Galena, Illinois from 1999-2001
• He and wife Joanna are the parents of one son: Drake

Last Updated: 9/2/12

• Education
  
  • Graduated from UW-Stevens Point (2002)
    • Physical Education major
• Native of Oshkosh, WI. Graduate of Oshkosh North HS (1997)
• Married to Dan Schwamberger