Lance Coleman can attribute some of his success on thefootball field to fellow Hall of Fame inductee Scott Ammons, but healone sprinted his way to All-America and MIAA awards on thetrack.
Coleman didn’t make the initial trip to Albion fromGrand Rapids with All-America aspirations. An eighth-place finishin the 100-meter dash during the 1989 NCAA Division III Track andField Championships was the springboard to success. He moved up tofourth in the nation in 1990, and third in 1991.
On the league level, he earned All-MIAA status in trackall four years, twice as the most valuable athlete, and hecontinues to hold the standard in the 100 meters at 10.5 seconds.He claimed five individual league titles (winning the 100 metersthree times, and the 200 meters twice).
On the football field, Coleman was a member of Coach PeteSchmidt’s first back-to-back MIAA championship teams in 1989and 1990. He was voted to the All-MIAA second team in 1989 and tothe first team in 1990.
Coleman entered the work force in sales and service forSteelcase, but was persuaded to return to Albion where he currentlyholds the position of senior associate director of admissions andis a member of the football and men’s track and fieldcoaching staffs.
