James Trautmann Position: Asst. Coach - Middle/Long Distance Alma Mater: Notre Dame

Coach James Trautmann is in his second season as the men's and women's assistant coach for the University of Pittsburgh. Coach Trautmann is also coaching the cross country team's distance runners. Coach Trautmann comes to Pittsburgh from Ball State University, where his athletes set school records in 2003 in the Distance Medley Relay and the 800 meters. While achieving a 3.08 grade point average, Trautmann's 2002 team ranked 6th in the nation academically among all NCAA Division I teams in cross country and track, respectively. During his four-year tenure at Ball State, the cross country and track and field teams produced seven individual Academic All-Americans.

Leading up to this first year at the University of Pittsburgh, Trautmann worked in 2003 with the distance runners at Robert Morris University; resulting in a new school record in the 10,000 meters. Prior to his time at Ball State University, Trautmann was head coach of the Cross Country team and assistant to the Track and Field team at Saint Mary's College in 1997, where he initiated a first-year Cross Country program as a member of the NCAA Division III, as well as the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. While attending Graduate school at Indiana University, Trautmann coached at White River Valley High School in Switz City, Indiana. Since he first began coaching in 1995 as a volunteer at Notre Dame, Trautmann has impressively coached 10 NCAA All- Americans.

Coach Trautmann competed for the University of Notre Dame track and field team where he earned the honors of conference champion in the 3000M and 5000M, as well as being a three time IC4A Qualifier. Trautmann was an NCAA championship competitor in Cross Country for the Fighting Irish; his teams placing third, sixth and fifth at the NCAA Championships in 1990, 1992 and 1993, respectively.

Coach Trautmann's brother, John Trautmann competed for Georgetown University and is a two-time U.S. National Champion and Olympic team member (1992) in the 5000 meters.

Trautmann attained a Master of Science in Kinesiology from Indiana University in 1999 while majoring in Applied Sport Science, concentrating in exercise physiology. He also earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1995, majoring in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Notre Dame. He has been married one year to his wife, Gail.