USA Track & Field announced Thursday afternoon that longtime Malone University men's and women's cross country head coach Jack Hazen has been selected to serve as an assistant coach for the men's squad at the 2012 Olympic Games that are to be held in London, England.

Hazen, who will work with the men's distance runners for Team USA, has been head coach of men's cross country at Malone University for 43 years and has served as women's cross country head coach for 18 years. His men's program still ranks as the all-time winningest program as ranked by the NAIA.

Hazen's men's squad has qualified for the NAIA national meet every year, having never lost a conference/district meet in the program's history. In addition, his men's team has 36 top-ten NAIA national finishes. Hazen has also coached men's track & field at Malone for 31 years and women's for 18 years. He has coached over 325 NAIA All-Americans in cross country and track & field, which represents over 80% of the All-Americans in all of Malone athletics history. During Hazen's time as head coach, the Malone men's track & field program also helped develop 2004 Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Tim Mack.

Hazen's first Olympic appointment comes after several previous international coaching opportunities. He was head manager for the 1999 U.S. Junior Pan American team and was twice named as U.S. coach for men's cross country at the World Championships, in Boston and Capetown, South Africa. He was also an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

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